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Gullerud, Ernest N. Nofz, Michael Paul 2011-05-07T12:31:55Z 2011-05-07T12:31:55Z 10000-01-01 1990 The purpose of this research was to explore college students' personal and social perceptions of alcohol consumption. A classroom administered survey ($N$ = 302), writing samples ($N$ = 27), group discussions ($N$ = 27), and personal interviews ($N$ = 9) were all used. "Most of the analysis was done using the qualitative data provided by writing, discussions, and interviews. Five themes were uncovered, which were also related to some of the general survey trends: (1) ""Nothing else to do,"" reflecting drinking as a response to boredom, (2) ""I can handle it,"" identifying student beliefs that they can control drinking behavior as well as the effects of intoxication, (3) ""I'll grow out of it,"" revealing student perceptions of college drinking as a rite of passage, (4) ""It's my life,"" dealing with student perceptions that those who criticize their drinking are also judging other aspects of their lives, and (5) ""Friends first,"" which underscores the importance that students place on friends when dealing with drinking problems." These themes are related to some previous research on college drinking, but are also analyzed in terms of new questions which they pose. Implications for incorporating the themes into alcohol abuse prevention programs are discussed in the summary chapter. Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:31:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4922 bytes, checksum: 910b249b4beec47e7ab768910c8f966f (MD5) 9021736.pdf: 7742606 bytes, checksum: abba0eb2a87bc972b1c7540c9b9f22ca (MD5) Previous issue date: 1990 Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Howard Ding (hding2@illinois.edu) on 2011-05-07T14:42:16Z Item is restricted indefinitely. Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:18:21-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: none Reason: ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission U of I Only AAI9021736 (UMI)AAI9021736 http://hdl.handle.net/2142/20196 eng Copyright 1990 Nofz, Michael Paul Social Work Education, Guidance and Counseling Sociology, Public and Social Welfare Personal and social perceptions of college drinking: Implications for alcohol abuse prevention text Social Work Social Work University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.