Exam 21: Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders in College Students

Although most college students cannot legally purchase alcohol until the age of 21, research suggests that of college students view drinking as a central part of their social lives.

Students who utilize performance-enhancing compounds tend to

One of the indirect dangers from consuming energy drinks is that those who do are more likely than peers who had not had an energy drink to leave a bar intoxicated.

There is a(n) between student levels of alcohol use and academic performance.

As a group, college students tend to the frequency and severity of peers' drinking behaviors.

Among non-college students between 18 and 29 years of age, approximately of those polled admitted to using illicit drugs at least once in their lives between 2010 and 2014, a rate that was surprisingly consistent from year to year.

Tobacco use rates

Discuss some of the benefits that students in graduate school might perceive regarding the use of alcohol and drugs in those settings.

Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons described in your text that may contribute to why college students living in sororities and fraternities binge drink at higher rates than students not living in sororities and fraternities?

Research has found that of college undergraduates engage in heavy episodic drinking at least once every 2 weeks.

The period called "young adulthood" by experts in human development is universally defined as "the period falling between 25 and 45 years of age."

College students who celebrate their 21st birthday by consuming 21 drinks are at risk for toxic, potentially fatal, blood alcohol levels.

College students tend to underestimate their peers' acceptance of drunken behavior, and they also underestimate the number of their peers who are engaging in heavy alcohol use.

Which of the following terms does the author use to describe the phenomenon of college students feeling protected against all but the most severe repercussions of their alcohol use?

Describe the differences between college students and their non-college-bound peers with regard to the use of drugs, both legal and illicit.

It has been estimated that around million students entered college in the United States in the fall of 2016.

Research finds that the frequency of binge drinking episodes in college populations is about the same for those who are or who are not in a fraternity or a sorority.

Which of the following statements is true about the so-called "party" schools?

Alcohol use causes substance-related academic problems for what percentage of college students?

Explain how the selection of peer relationships might influence drug/alcohol use during college.