This study evaluates the presence of a relationship between a students level of Intellectual Development, as measured by Moores Learning Environment Preferences (LEP) test, and harmful drinking behavior in college students. An online survey instrument was sent to a random sample of 3,000 undergraduate students at a large public research-intensive four-year college in the South via student email accounts. The survey instrument included items about student drinking behavior, perception of peer student drinking behavior, and the Learning Environment Preferences Test. The results showed that there is a statistically significant relationship (inverse) between intellectual development and binge drinking behavior, after controlling for perception of peer binge-drinking behavior, but no relationship between intellectual development and drinking in general. A finding that increasing intellectual development levels may result in reduced negative drinking behavior has implications for curriculum development.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LSU/oai:etd.lsu.edu:etd-05262006-081829 |
| Date | 30 May 2006 |
| Creators | Regira, Linda Marie |
| Contributors | Roland W. Mitchell, George Noell, Eugene Kennedy, Spencer J. Maxcy, Jerry Willis |
| Publisher | LSU |
| Source Sets | Louisiana State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-05262006-081829/ |
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