2018
DOI: 10.1080/0309877x.2018.1527024
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Alcohol and social connectedness for new residential university students: implications for alcohol harm reduction

Abstract: Starting university is a significant life-event, commonly involving detachment from existing social networks and emotional stresses that increase risk of drop-out. The developmental need to form new peer relationships is prominent during this period and is correlated with successful adaptation. This study investigated the role of alcohol in the process of transition and peer group development for new students. Thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews is presented, conducted within a broader instrumental… Show more

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“…Alcohol remains the number one substance abuse problem throughout university life [ 6 ]. The developmental need to form new peer relationships is prominent during this period and is correlated with successful adaption [ 7 ]. Alcohol is an important social lubricant in the student population and may be influential due to its role in facilitating social group formation, which may increase the risk of exposure to heavy drinking.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Alcohol remains the number one substance abuse problem throughout university life [ 6 ]. The developmental need to form new peer relationships is prominent during this period and is correlated with successful adaption [ 7 ]. Alcohol is an important social lubricant in the student population and may be influential due to its role in facilitating social group formation, which may increase the risk of exposure to heavy drinking.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Among administrators, staff, and students, some believe that the harms associated with alcohol are inconsequential and others believe they are underestimated (Snow et al, 2003). In Brown and Murphy's (2018) study, some staff members expressed that they did not believe harm reduction solutions would be effective but that universities nevertheless provide such tips for safer substance use out of a sense of duty. The wide range of views held by post-secondary stakeholders make it difficult to formulate a standardized policy, and to enforce and evaluate such policies (Snow et al, 2003;Wilkinson & Ivsins, 2017).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Alcohol is perceived as a tool for fostering social bonds to such an extent that abstinence can be socially isolating (Brown & Murphy, 2018;Snow et al, 2003). Students who do not drink are also exposed to risk through the second-hand effects of excessive substance use, including interpersonal conflict, property damage, and physical and sexual victimization (Wilkinson & Ivsins, 2017).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Individuals affected by AUD have diminished control over their alcohol consumption which often leads to increased alcohol-related morbidity and mortality (Connor et al, 2015). This can also have wider reaching social consequences, such as a breakdown in interpersonal relationships and an increase in risk taking behaviours and crime (Steinberg, 2008;Brown and Murphy, 2020). In New Zealand one third of police apprehensions involved alcohol, and in 2017 alcohol accounted for 19% of fatal road traffic collisions (Ministry of Transport, 2016).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%