Literature Review #4

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2.) Osberg, Timothy M.; Billingsley, Katherine; Eggert, Meredith. “From Animal House To Old School: A Multiple Mediation Analysis Of The Association Between College Drinking Movie Exposure And Freshman Drinking And Its Consequence.” Addictive Behaviors 37.8 (n.d.): 922 – 930. Thomson Scientific: ISI Web of Knowledge –Web of Science. Web. 11 Nov. 2012.

3.)  This study examined the effect of college drinking movies on students. They exposed students to drinking movies and then looked at their drinking patterns in the first sesmeter of college. Results showed that the movies had a direct effect on the students. The exposure made students more tempted to drink because drinking was accepted, actually glorified, and thus they wanted to have it become a part of their college experience.

 

4.)  "Dr. Tim Osberg joined the faculty of Niagara in September of 1982. He teaches courses in introductory psychology, abnormal psychology, clinical psychology, and psychological assessment in addition to supervising the department's practicum and co-op programs. His research interests include psychological assessment (with a focus on evaluating recent revisions of the MMPI-2), the role of mental health in college student retention, cognitive factors underpinning college student drinking, and the role of irrational food beliefs in weight loss and maintenance. He enjoys involving students in research conducted in his clinical psychology lab." http://www.niagara.edu/psychology-faculty/faculty/110

 

5.) This source focuses on college drinking movies and also college alcohol beliefs (what students think of drinking in college)

 

6.) “view immersion in the drinking culture as equally if not more important than academics” ( From Animal House to Old School: A Multiple Mediation Analysis of the Association Between College Drinking Movie Exposure and Freshman Drinking and its Consequences).

 

drinking is considered just as important as academics and students have chosen to accept this

 

“ ‘to become drunk is a college rite of passage …students who do not go out to parties or bars are not enjoying their college experience ..college is a time for experimentation’ ” (From Animal House to Old School: A Multiple Mediation Analysis of the Association Between College Drinking Movie Exposure and Freshman Drinking and its Consequences).

 

drinking is considered normal and accepted by society so students are drawn into this. they don't want to go against society.

 

“exposure to movies depicting alcohol use increases the likelihood of alcohol use among adolescents”  (From Animal House to Old School: A Multiple Mediation Analysis of the Association Between College Drinking Movie Exposure and Freshman Drinking and its Consequences).

 

movies glorify drinking which makes students think that drinking really is not so bad, even permissable

 

7.) This source will be helpful because it shows me how students have learned to accept drinking as something that, generally, everyone does. Privatization works in a similar way. Students have learned to accept high tuition as being simply normal and unavoidable. They don't quesiton it because no one else does. Everyone has learned to adjust to this. It is easier to accept what everyone else has already decided to accept rather than to try and change that. With this source, I could explain how the irrational decision made to drink can be understood. Students are pressured into accepting drinking as a part of the college experience.

Blog #7

At this point, I am starting to focus more on freshman students learning to adjust to college and drinking patterns. Students just entering college are overwhelmed by this new environment and find it very stressful to juggle academics with their social life. Because of this, they turn to options that will help alleviate their stress. There are both positive and negative options and many times, students focus on the negative ones, such as drinking. Drinking can be understood by examing the psychological state of mind a student is currently in, according to Poor Adjustment to College Life Mediaites the Relationship Between Drinking Motives and Alcohol Consequences: A Look at College Adjustment, Drinking Motives, and Drinking Outcomes. I would like to focus on the reason why college adjustment can be so stressful to students and thus why this makes them turn to drinking. It seems as though drinking has been accepted as something normal and expected of students and it's interesting to see how this relates to privatization. Tuition is so high for many universities but students have learned to simply accept that and even consider it normal. In  From Animal House to Old School: A Multiple Mediation Analysis of the Association Between College Drinking Movie Exposure and Freshman Drinking and its Consequences, it was discovered that movies tend to encourage drinking, even glorify it, and that this is why many students become more interested in alcohol. Even those who were not interested before now become interested because it's very much accepted as a part of the college experience. I find this to be particularly interesting how students who previously looked down upon drinking have suddenly changed their mind simply because society, as a whole, seems to approve. This is very much seen in privatization. People have simply learned to accept high tuition. Even though they are against it, everyone else accepts it as being necessary. I haven't really found any sources that I disagree with and I hope to continue to be able to focus on the freshman college students struggle with adjustment and how this leads to drinking.