‘Being sick a lot, often on each other': students’ alcohol-related provocation

Abstract

Alcohol-related provocation occurs among some UK medical students and may present professionalism issues to medical students. Medical schools may wish to integrate more teaching regarding behaviour around alcohol into their curricula by addressing students' explicit and implicit attitudes towards alcohol consumption.

Context matters: Student-perceived binge drinking norms at faculty-level relate to binge drinking behavior in higher education

“…Moreover, peers often play an active role in alcohol offerings, through peer pressure or provocations during social events [11,[15][16][17][18]. Therefore, a clear relation exists between the perceived norms about peers' drinking and a student's own drinking behavior [9,12,19].…”

Internet addiction in college students and its relationship with cigarette smoking and alcohol use in Northeast China

“…Internet addiction in college students and its relationship with cigarette smoking and alcohol use in Northeast China Dear Editor, Internet addiction is an impulse control disorder impairing real life relationships, particularly in young people. Internet addiction and substance abuse may share common features (Black & Monrouxe, 2014;Dietz et al, 2013;Machowicz, Ciechanska, Zycinska, et al, 2013). Substance abuse means excessive use of cigarette, alcohol, or other drugs of abuse, resulting in negative effects on both physical and mental health (Mitrovic, Hadzi-Pesic, Stojanovic, & Milicevic, 2014).…”

“I don’t see myself as a 40-year-old on Facebook”: medical students’ dilemmas in developing professionalism with social media

“…Numerous studies have examined UK medical student consumption of, and attitudes towards, alcohol (Ashton and Kamali 1995;Black and Monrouxe 2014;Granville-Chapman, Yu and White 2001;Newbury-Birch, White and Kamali 2000;Newbury-Birch, Walshaw and Kamali 2001;Pickard, Bates, Dorian, Greig and Saint 2000). A more recent cross-sectional study of medical students in the UK reported that 93.5% of medical students consumed alcohol, with 20.4% of those doing so with the aim of becoming inebriated most, or all of the time (Black and Monrouxe 2014). The great majority of informants had experienced great pressure to do so, during university activities such as (banned) initiation ceremonies, sports club events and birthday parties (Black and Monrouxe 2014).…”

“…A more recent cross-sectional study of medical students in the UK reported that 93.5% of medical students consumed alcohol, with 20.4% of those doing so with the aim of becoming inebriated most, or all of the time (Black and Monrouxe 2014). The great majority of informants had experienced great pressure to do so, during university activities such as (banned) initiation ceremonies, sports club events and birthday parties (Black and Monrouxe 2014).…”