Binge Drinking Among College Students

Kelly-Weeder (2010) identified binge drinking as one of the most serious health issues present on college campuses. Moreover, she took the time to investigate the relationship and co-occurrences between binge drinking and uncontrolled eating behaviors. For the purpose of the study, information was collected from 211 college students between 18 and 26 years of age. Students belonged to distinct backgrounds and socioeconomic statuses. More specifically, the data collected came from students at a private institution in the United States. The researcher, collected data by distributing an online survey, which clearly stated what binge drinking, was considered for both males and females. In addition, the researcher also made sure that the surveys …show more content…
Results obtained by the investigator demonstrate that binge-drinking episodes are common amongst both, males and females as they both reported recent episodes of binge drinking. Alternatively, although both genders showed signs of co-occurrence between disorder eating by engaging in binge eating, “Female students were more likely to endorse the use of skipping meals, fasting, use of diet pills, laxatives, and self-induced vomiting (Kelly-Weeder, 2011).” With that being said, the researcher’s discoveries demonstrate congruency with the previous literature supporting how prevalent binge drinking, along with other unhealthy eating behaviors is amongst college students. Previous research supports that an estimates of 55 percent of college students have reported experiencing suicidal thoughts at least once (Westefeld, Homaifar, and Spotts, 2005). With over half of the college population experiencing suicidal ideation Schaffer et al., 2008, took the time to explore what possible associations could be drawn consistent with binge drinking. When investigating binge drinking amongst college age students, researchers found that it is closely related to suicidal ideation and behavior (Schaffer et al.,