An intercept study to measure the extent to which New Zealand university students pre‐game

An intercept study to measure the extent to which New Zealand university students pre‐game

We aimed to quantify the degree to which students pre‐gamed in New Zealand, using self‐report and breathalysers. A total of 569 New Zealand undergraduate students were interviewed (men = 45.2%; first year = 81.4%) entering three university‐run concerts. We asked participants to report how many drink...

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Published in:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 30 - 34
Main Authors: Riordan, Benjamin C., Conner, Tamlin S., Flett, Jayde A.M., Droste, Nic, Cody, Louise, Brookie, Kate L., Riordan, Jessica K., Scarf, Damian
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Australia Elsevier B.V 01-02-2018
Elsevier Limited
Elsevier
Subjects:
Alcohol
Alcohol use
Alcoholic beverages
Alcohols
Colleges & universities
Community support
Concerts
Drinking behavior
Ethnicity
Gender
Health care policy
heavy drinking
high‐intensity drinking
Interviews
Intoxication
Liquor
pre‐gaming
Public health
Standard deviation
Students
Studies
Undergraduate students
university
University students
Variables
Variance analysis
White people
New Zealand
Australia
United States > US
alcohol
heavy drinking
high‐intensity drinking
university
pre‐gaming
pre-gaming
high-intensity drinking
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Summary:We aimed to quantify the degree to which students pre‐gamed in New Zealand, using self‐report and breathalysers. A total of 569 New Zealand undergraduate students were interviewed (men = 45.2%; first year = 81.4%) entering three university‐run concerts. We asked participants to report how many drinks they had consumed, their self‐reported intoxication and the duration of their pre‐gaming session. We then recorded participants' Breath Alcohol Concentration (BrAC; µg/L) and the time they arrived at the event. The number of participants who reported consuming alcohol before the event was 504 (88.6%) and the number of standard drinks consumed was high (M=6.9; median=6.0). A total of 237 (41.7%) participants could not have their BrAC recorded due to having consumed alcohol ≤10 minutes before the interview. The remaining 332 participants (57.3%) recorded a mean BrAC of 288.8µg/L (median=280.0 µg/L). Gender, off‐campus accommodation, length of pre‐gaming drinking session, and time of arrival at the event were all associated with increased pre‐gaming. Pre‐gaming was the norm for students. Universities must take pre‐gaming into account; policy implications include earlier start times of events and limiting students' access to alcohol prior to events.
Bibliography:The authors have stated they have no conflict of interest.
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ISSN:1326-0200
1753-6405
DOI:10.1111/1753-6405.12754