TY  - JOUR
A1  - Klein, Andreas
A1  - Roediger, Lukas
A1  - Bendau, Antonia
A1  - Viohl, Leonard
A1  - Ernst, Felicitas
A1  - Helbig, Jonas
A1  - Kühne, Franziska
A1  - Petzold, Moritz Bruno
A1  - Betzler, Felix
T1  - Problem drinking among university students in Berlin
JF  - Journal of American College Health
N2  - Objective
Problem-drinking among university students is common and poses serious health-related risks. Therefore, identifying and addressing associated factors is important.

Participants and methods
A large cross-sectional online-survey with 12,914 university students from Berlin was conducted from November 2016 to August 2017. Relative-risk- and correlation-analysis was used to identify factors associated with problem-drinking and regular heavy-drinking. Independent t-tests compared impulsivity and personality traits, chi-square-tests compared drinking motives between risk- and non-risk-drinkers. 

Results
Male gender, tobacco-smoking, illegal substance use, impulsivity and various sociodemographic and psychosocial variables were significantly related to problem/heavy-drinking. Extraversion was a risk, conscientiousness and agreeableness were protective factors. Drinking-motives did not differ significantly between risk- and non-risk-drinkers. Generally, the main drinking-motives were to feel elated, relax and social purposes.

Conclusion
The identified markers and related problem behaviors may serve as a tool to enhance the identification of student subgroups at risk for problem/heavy-drinking, and hence improve targeted health-intervention-programs.
KW  - Alcohol
KW  - addiction
KW  - mental health
KW  - substance use
KW  - youth
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2080503
SN  - 0744-8481
SN  - 1940-3208
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Abingdon
ER  -