TY - JOUR
T1 - Binge drinking in the context of romantic relationships.
AU - Fischer, Judith
AU - Fitzpatrick, Jacki
AU - Cleveland, B
AU - Lee, J
AU - McKnight, A
AU - Miller, B
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper was supported, in part, by Texas Tech University's Multidisciplinary Seed Grant Program awarded to Judith Fischer, Jacki Fitzpatrick, and John Morrow. We thank Paula Burnett, Cat Pause, Chance Ates, Tiffany Gour, Natasha Johnson, Anindida Das, and Brittney Schrick for their help with this project. Our thanks go to Alan Reifman for his comments on an earlier version of the paper.
PY - 2005/9
Y1 - 2005/9
N2 - This study examined consequences of binge drinking on relationship conversation qualities (positive tone, general disagreements, drinking disagreements, and talks about drinking) among romantically involved college students. Conversation qualities were predicted with three binging variables: (a) same day binging, (b) prior day binging, and (c) total amount of binging reported. The participants (N = 156) completed 10 daily diaries of relationship conversations as well as drinking behaviors. Same day binging increased the occurrence of both drinking disagreements and talks about drinking. However, prior day binging was not associated with any of the four conversation qualities examined. Greater numbers of binges over the duration of the study were associated with less overall positive tone, and more general disagreements, drinking disagreements, and talks about drinking. The implications of the findings for student drinking patterns and relational quality are discussed.
AB - This study examined consequences of binge drinking on relationship conversation qualities (positive tone, general disagreements, drinking disagreements, and talks about drinking) among romantically involved college students. Conversation qualities were predicted with three binging variables: (a) same day binging, (b) prior day binging, and (c) total amount of binging reported. The participants (N = 156) completed 10 daily diaries of relationship conversations as well as drinking behaviors. Same day binging increased the occurrence of both drinking disagreements and talks about drinking. However, prior day binging was not associated with any of the four conversation qualities examined. Greater numbers of binges over the duration of the study were associated with less overall positive tone, and more general disagreements, drinking disagreements, and talks about drinking. The implications of the findings for student drinking patterns and relational quality are discussed.
KW - Binge drinking
KW - College students
KW - Relationship conversations
KW - Romantic relationships
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=23944431734&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.03.004
DO - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.03.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 15885923
VL - 30
SP - 1496
EP - 1516
JO - Addictive Behaviors
JF - Addictive Behaviors
IS - 8
ER -