This peer pressure to fit in increases the likeliness of binge drinking, to follow as the others do, to be considered "normal", and to avoid the possibilities of being labeled an outcast. ... The hypotheses were as follows: (1) students with more positive self-images will drink less and students who feel more accepted by their peers will drink more; (2) students with high social goals will drink more, and students with high academic goals and high health goals will drink less; and (3) beliefs about the fun and risk of alcohol will predict drinking. ... After studying correlations it shows that...

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The incorporation of typical strategies including various educational tools, scare tactics, modifications of university drinking policies and using peer education have been found to be ineffective (Oei and Morawska, 2004) and can suggest why there has been very little advancement in the production of effective intervention designs. ... Component Mean Score Std.Deviation Social Pressure (SP) 14.00 5.242 Emotional Relief (ER) 29.35 6.090 Opportunistic Drinking (OD) 32.95 2.699 Fig. 1. ... Christiansen et al (1989) state AEs originate from a variety of factors that play a key role in childhood t...

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Social influences, peer pressure and parental norms are some of the factors that cause under age drinking among adolescents. ... Peer pressure is one that most people understand because we have been faced with it at some point in our lives due to transitions or stress. ...

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When people hear the word "drug" they usually think of illegal substances such as cocaine, heroin, marijuana, or any other street drug. Most people never believe the fact that consuming alcohol can be just as dangerous as illegal drugs, not only to the body, but to the mind and spirit as well. "Curr...

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American teens, unlike their European peers, don't learn how to drink gradually, safely, and in moderation. ... Alcohol is neither seen as a poison or a magic potent, there is little or no social pressure to drink, irresponsible behavior is never tolerated, young people learn at home from their parents and from other adults how to handle alcohol in a responsible manner, there is societal consensus on what constitutes responsible drinking. ...

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Quitalcoholtoday.com (2011) states that "when peer pressure or influence is added to the equation of physical and emotional issues, when it disregarded that drinking alcohol temporarily removes a person from his or her problems, when ignoring the belief or perception that drinking alcohol makes it easier to socialize with potential dating or sexual partners." ...

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