Stability and Contradiction in College Students' Drinking Following a Drinking-Age Law Change.

Perkins, H. Wesley; Berkowitz, Alan D.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Stability and Contradiction in College Students' Drinking Following a Drinking-Age Law Change.

Perkins, H. Wesley; Berkowitz, Alan D.

Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, v35 n1 p60-77 Fall 1989

Examined college students' drinking behavior before and after increase in minimum-legal-drinking age for alcohol from 18 to 19 in New York. Comparison of students before (N=797) and after (N=860) age raise revealed than under-age students were not particularly affected in terms of consumption rates, alcohol use attitudes, reasons for drinking, or negative consequences of alcohol use. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Compliance (Legal), Drinking, Higher Education, Student Behavior

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Language: English

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