TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender Role Conflict and Sex-Specific Drinking Norms
T2 - Relationships to Alcohol Use in Undergraduate Women and Men
AU - Korcuska, James S.
AU - Thombs, Dennis L.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Drinking motivations among undergraduates were examined with a 76-item questionnaire administered to 640 undergraduates, (53%) female and (47%) male. The questionnaire contained four sections: sociodemographic information, alcohol use and perceived drinking norms, drinking consequences, and the Gender Role Conflict Scale (GRCS) (O'Neil et al., 1986). Findings from the canonical correlation analysis suggest undergraduate alcohol use in both sexes was best explained by same-sex, peer drinking norms. Gender role conflict and socio-demographic variables had substantially weaker associations with drinking behavior. The findings provide further theoretical support for interventions seeking to change campus drinking norms and suggest that normative feedback should be sex specific.
AB - Drinking motivations among undergraduates were examined with a 76-item questionnaire administered to 640 undergraduates, (53%) female and (47%) male. The questionnaire contained four sections: sociodemographic information, alcohol use and perceived drinking norms, drinking consequences, and the Gender Role Conflict Scale (GRCS) (O'Neil et al., 1986). Findings from the canonical correlation analysis suggest undergraduate alcohol use in both sexes was best explained by same-sex, peer drinking norms. Gender role conflict and socio-demographic variables had substantially weaker associations with drinking behavior. The findings provide further theoretical support for interventions seeking to change campus drinking norms and suggest that normative feedback should be sex specific.
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U2 - 10.1353/csd.2003.0017
DO - 10.1353/csd.2003.0017
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0141642239
SN - 0897-5264
VL - 44
SP - 204
EP - 216
JO - Journal of College Student Development
JF - Journal of College Student Development
IS - 2
ER -