LIFESTYLE QUESTIONNAIRE

RESEARCH PAPERS on student drinking, smoking and drug use using this instrument can be found at: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17130/browse?type=title; https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17127/browse?type=title and https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17124/browse?type=title. Further information about the questionnaire, calculations used for the study, and the original data base can be found in the following item records within IUScholarworks repository. Details about the reliability and validity of the SAQ are found at: http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17182; http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17154; http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17181. The classic 1975 copy of the SAQ is found at http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17153. ALL QUESTIONNAIRES developed by Engs are found in the repository at: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17141/browse?type=dateissued. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE EASIEST WAY TO DO CALCULATIONS, IF YOU ARE A STUDENT, IS TO CALCULATE PERCENT OF SUBJECTS ANSWERING EACH STEM.The questionnaire assesses various health, lifestyle and behavior issues of students. These include acute and chronic health problems particular to women and to men, mental health issues such as stress, depression, lifestyle issues such as exercise, diet and substance use including alcohol, tobacco and recreational drug consumption

About Yourself

Reprinted by permission of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, www.AAHERD.org.Other PUBLICATIONS and PAPERS concerning alcohol, drug or health education methods and programs can be found at: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17128/browse?type=title; https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17135/browse?type=title; https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17138/browse?type=title or https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17124/browse?type=title.A “mentally healthy” person is often characterized as having an accurate perception of reality, able to maintain close interpersonal relationships, able to communicate openly and honestly with others, and aware of personal goals, values, abilities, and behavior.’ Because of the variety of environmental stresses and our individual backgrounds, we all have different problems of living. The extent to which we learn to successfully cope with these stresses often determines how mentally healthy we are

DRINKING PATTERNS OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITY STUDENT: TESTING REDUCTION OF CONSUMPTION THEORY 1982-1994

Other RESEARCH PAPERS on student drinking using the SAQ can be found at: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17130/browse?type=title; https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17127/browse?type=title and https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17124/browse?type=title. Further information about the questionnaire, calculations used for the study, and the original data base can be found in the following item records within IUScholarworks repository. Details about the reliability and validity of the SAQ are found at: http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17182; http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17154; http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17181. The classic 1975 copy of the SAQ is found at http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17153. ALL QUESTIONNAIRES developed by Engs are found in the repository at: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17141/browse?type=dateissuedThe PURPOSE of this descriptive cross-sectional study was to test the hypothesis that demographic variables are less important now than in the past in relationship to drinking behaviours among collegians in the United States. Also the purpose was to test Reduction of Consumption Theory by comparing students from the same or equivalent colleges and universities over five time periods beginning in 1982 from data collected in a long term study of college student drinking patterns and problems by the presenter (R. Engs) and David J. Hanson. METHODS: the Student Alcohol Questionnaire was administered to over 12,000 university students from every state during the 1993-1994 academic year. The SAQ had been administered to the same universities since 1982. The sample size was 10,247 in 1993 1994; 6,751 in 1990 1991; 6,872 in 1987 1988; 4,719 in 1984 1985; and 5,504 in 1982 1983. RESULTS: Among drinkers a significantly higher proportion of men, whites, under 21 year olds, Roman Catholics, individuals to whom religion was not important, those with low grade point averages, fraternity/sorority members, living in small communities, the North Eastern part of the United States, at private schools and colleges under 10,000 exhibited heavier drinking and a higher incidence of problems related to drinking. When the samples for the five time periods were assessed, the results showed a significant (p< .001) increase in the percent of abstainers (17.7 to 26.8) and a decrease in the mean number of drinks consumed per week among all students (14.3 to 13.1). There was a significant decrease in the percent of students who exhibited four drinking and driving related variables. On the other hand, a significant increase of most health/personal, social/academic, and legal/violent problems related to alcohol was found. In CONCLUSION the results do not support the hypothesis that few differences in drinking patterns would be found within traditional demographic variables due to societal changes. Likewise reduction, or control, of consumption theory was supported only for a decrease in drinking and driving variables and the mean amount of alcohol consumed

Development of the Student Alcohol Questionnaire

Other research papers on this topic can be found at:: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17130/browse?type=dateissued; https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17127/browse?type=dateissued and https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17124/browse?type=dateissued Further information about the questionnaire, calculations used for the study, and the original data base can be found in the following item records within IUScholarworks repository. Details about the reliability and validity of the SAQ are also found at: http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17154;. The classic1975 copy of the SAQ is found at http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17153. ALL QUESTIONNAIRES developed by Engs are found in the repository at: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17141/browse?type=dateissuedThe knowledge of alcohol and drinking patterns and among thirteen of the 62 schools in the 50 + 12 Project, an alcohol education initiative of NIAAA, is discussed. A major purpose of this descriptive study was to develop a valid and reliable instrument to measure college students knowledge of alcohol, their drinking patterns, and problems related to their drinking. To this end the Student Alcohol Questionnaire was developed. Both the drinking patterns and knowledge sub-scales and the total instrument were found to be highly reliable (r=.79 ). The result of the survey revealed that males and whites had higher alcohol knowledge scores than females and blacks respectively. Significantly more seniors had scores above 26 compared to underclassmen. The results revealed that 79% of student drink at least once a year and approximately 20% were heavy or at risk drinkers consuming 6 or more drinks at any one sitting. Over half the sample reported they had experienced “hangovers” and “driven a car after drinking” during the past year. Whites and males were significantly more likely to consume alcohol and to be heavy at risk drinkers compared to blacks and females. There was no significant different due to class year

The Drinking Patterns and Attitudes Towards Alcoholism of Female Tertiary Helping Professional Students in Brisbane, Australia

Other research PUBLICATIONS and PAPERS on university students drinking, drug use and health concerns and behaviors can be found at: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17130/browse?type=title; https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17127/browse?type=title and https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17124/browse?type=title. Further information about the questionnaire, calculations, and the original data base used can be found in the following item records within IUScholarworks repository. Details about the reliability and validity of the SAQ are found at: http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17337; http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17154; http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17181. The classic 1975 copy of the SAQ is found at http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17153. ALL QUESTIONNAIRES developed by Engs are found in the repository at: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17141/browse?type=dateissuedDepartment of Human Movement Studies, University of Queensland and the Indiana University Foundatio

IS PUBLIC POLICY EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING THE DRINKING PROBLEMS of AMERICAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ?

Other research papers on college student drinking and public policy can be found at:: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17130/browse?type=title; https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17127/browse?type=title and https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17124/browse?type=title. Further information about the questionnaire, calculations used for the study, and the original data base can be found in the following item records within IUScholarworks repository. Details about the reliability and validity of the SAQ are found at: http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17154; http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17181. The classic SAQ is found at http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17153. ALL QUESTIONNAIRES developed by Engs are found in the repository at: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17141/browse?type=dateissuedPURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine differences in drinking and driving, health and school, and legal and social problems of collegians related to drinking at four time periods covering the decade from 1982-1991. This study is part of a long term study of college students drinking patterns and problems by the author and David J. Hanson, SUNY, Potsdam NY. METHODS: a cross sectional design was used. Students were administered the Student Alcohol Questionnaire during each time periods. This highly reliable questionnaire (r=.79) contains 6 items on drinking patterns, 17 items concerning possible consequences of drinking along with other scales. A factor analysis of the 17 problems related to drinking revealed three problem groupings which accounted for 55% of the variance. RESULTS: ANOVA revealed a significant (p <.001) decrease in the “Drinking-Driving” factor. Post-hoc Scheffe showed differences occurred between 1982 and each of the later time periods. Results for the “Health-School” factor found a significant (p<.0001) increase in these problems over the 10 year time period. For “Social-Legal” problems ANOVA, revealed a significant (p <.001) increase over the decade. Post-hoc Scheffe revealed the differences for these two factors were between the early 1980 and 1988 and 1991 time periods. CONCLUSIONS: a decrease in drinking and driving related problems began around 1981 and continued over the ten year time period even before the 21-year- old purchase law in 1987. On the other hand, other problems related to risky drinking increased after this public policy. Few differences between the first two time periods, at the beginning of the decade, or between the time periods after 1987 were found. The differences occurred between the early1980s and the time periods after the “21 year old drinking law” had been implemented in 1987. Although research by many authors have reported a decrease in alcohol consumption from around 1980 among all age groups, the proportion of “binge” or high risk drinkers has not decreased. The results of this study leads to the conclusion that among this sample of students, the current drinking law is not effective in reducing problems related to alcohol other than for drinking and driving

Social Change and Educational Outcomes: An Interview with Harold G. Shane

Reprinted by permission of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, www.AAHERD.org.Other PUBLICATIONS and PAPERS concerning alcohol, drug or health education methods and programs can be found at: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17128/browse?type=title; https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17135/browse?type=title; https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17138/browse?type=title or https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17124/browse?type=title

ST. BENEDICT: HIDDEN MEANINGS IN HIS STORY

Other articles are found on this site of a similar nature.St. Benedict of Nursia, the founder of western monasticism, compiled the Rule of St. Benedict (RB), a guide for monastic organizations and common-sense living. Numerous works over the centuries have been written about RB and St. Benedict. Although myth and legend surround him, scholarly arguments and symbolic meaning abound concerning his traditional biography

CONTROVERSIES IN THE ADDICTION FIELD: Ugly American Politics of Alcohol and Drugs Use, Education, Treatment, and Public Policies

Contentious and conflicting philosophies on drug and alcohol abuse education, prevention and treatment are discussedIn the United States, conflicting philosophies are found concerning the use of alcohol and recreational drugs, alcohol and drug education, the treatment of alcoholism and drug dependency, and public policies concerning these issues. As editor of a publication to air both sides of these controversies, I found hostility to the idea of publishing a book presenting different opinions. In several cases a potential author considered their point of view as the ONLY correct educational or treatment philosophy. They suggested that opposing viewpoints were dangerous and should not be given a forum and they certainly would not be under the same cover with anyone who had a different opinion. There is a great divisive divide in the addictions field and one way to solve it and to gain insight is to air all sides of the issues in a book entitled, Controversies in the Addiction Field

Drinking Patterns and Attitudes toward Alcoholism of Australian Human-Service Students

Other research PUBLICATIONS and PAPERS on university students drinking, drug use and health concerns and behaviors can be found at: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17130/browse?type=title; https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17127/browse?type=title and https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17124/browse?type=title. Further information about the questionnaire, calculations, and the original data base used can be found in the following item records within IUScholarworks repository. Details about the reliability and validity of the SAQ are found at: http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17337; http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17154; http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17181. The classic 1975 copy of the SAQ is found at http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17153. The Health Concern Questionnaire is found at: http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17250. Reliability and validity of this instrument are found at: http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17251. ALL QUESTIONNAIRES developed by Engs are found in the repository at: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17141/browse?type=dateissuedDrinking patterns and attitudes toward alcoholism of 1449 students in medicine, law, pharmacy, social work, applied psychology, police science, religion and nursing in Australia are reported, revealing primarily similarities with results of studies in other English-speaking countries.Department of Human Movement Studies, University of Queensland; Indiana University Foundatio