Alcohol Use, Acculturative Stress, and Drinking Motivation Among International Community College Students
✍ Scribed by Chieko Koyama; Gabriella Belli
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 130 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0883-8534
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✦ Synopsis
Alcohol use, acculturative stress, and drinking motivations of 262 students in English as a second language programs in a U.S. community college were explored. Alcohol consumption was generally low, but differences between two groups with different legal statuses indicate the need to consider subgroups of international students for research purposes.
Se exploraron el uso de alcohol, el estrés por aculturación y las motivaciones para beber de 262 alumnos en programas de inglés como lengua extranjera en una universidad comunitaria estadounidense. El consumo de alcohol fue moderadamente bajo, pero las diferencias entre dos grupos con diferente estatus legal indican la necesidad de considerar subgrupos de estudiantes internacionales a la hora de realizar investigaciones.
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