Korean J Health Promot.  2021 Sep;21(3):92-100. 10.15384/kjhp.2021.21.3.92.

University Freshmen's Problem Drinking: Its Individual- and Family-Level Factors

• Moon J
• Noh S
• Youn Y
• Kim Y
• Kang E
• Choo J

• KMID: 2520791
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.15384/kjhp.2021.21.3.92

Abstract

Background
University students have been known as having a higher rate of problem drinking than the general population in South Korea. In particular, the university freshmen may experience problem drinking from increased occasions of frequent social gatherings at the first school year as they have increased time to freely use compared to the high school days. Problem drinking among university freshmen may be influenced by multiple factors. The present study aimed to examine the prevalence of problem drinking and to identify individualand family-level factors associated with university freshmen's problem drinking.
Methods
A cross-sectional, correlation study was conducted. Participants were 227 university freshmen (70 men and 157 women) under the parenting of mother and father from 10 universities in Seoul. The problem drinking was evaluated by using the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test. Alcohol Abstinence Self-Efficacy Scale and Parental Authority Questionnaire for parenting behaviors were used.
Results
The prevalence of problem drinking was 58.6% among university freshmen. An individual-level factor of alcohol abstinence self-efficacy was significantly associated with the prevalence of problem drinking (odds ratio, 0.94; 95% confidence interval, 0.91-0.96) among university freshmen. However, any of family-level factors including types of parenting behaviors were not significantly associated with the prevalence of problem drinking.
Conclusions
Alcohol abstinence self-efficacy may be a strong protective factor against university freshmen's problem drinking. University-based alcohol abstinence programs should comprise of nursing strategies including the enhancement of abstinence self-efficacy at the first school year.

Keyword

Alcohol drinking in college; Alcohol abstinence; Self-efficacy; Parenting

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  Fig. 1. The prevalence of problem drinking among freshmen by gender (n=227).

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