Word: wechsler
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Wechsler co-wrote a 1981 study surveying 7083 New England college students about their drinking habits. The study showed that a high percentage of college students who drink excessively have suffered some of the consequences of alcohol abuse. The study shows that the 242 college males who were classified as "frequent-heavy drinkers" reported, on the whole, drinking more than four drinks or five cans of beer in one sitting...
...Although Wechsler and Mary Rohman, research associate at the Medical Foundation, Inc., conducted the study eight years ago, Wechsler says that more recent research indicates that the numbers have remained relatively unchanged...
...Think of any problem on a college campus--a date rape, a racial incident or a brawl. Most of the time, this will be [related to] drinking," Wechsler says. "This is not strictly cause and effect. We cannot conclude that alcohol causes these problems. It could be that the same type of person who drinks gets into this type of trouble," Wechsler says. "But it certainly contributes...
...Wechsler's study of college drinkers found that college students were relatively unconcerned about their drinking habits. Sixty percent of the men in the study said they were not worried at all about their drinking, while 69 percent of the women said the same thing...
Sources: "Extensive Uses of Alcohol Among College Students," by Henry Wechsler and Mary Rohman in The Journal of Studies on Alcohol, January 1981, and The Natural History of Alcoholism, by George E. Valliant...