Research Outline

Tyler Eusepi

Ballentine

Comp 1301.313

16/11/2010

Research Outline

College can ruin lives just as fast as it can make them because the secret behind the scenes of college can and will cause trouble, health problems and possible ending of one's' college career.

1. Factors that predict self-perceived problem drinking among college students.

a. Alcohol consumption compared to other students.

b. Why students drink.

c. When do students drink.

2. Pregaming

a. What is pregaming?

b. Why do students pregame?

c. When is it appropriate to pregame.

3. Drinking game

a. What type of games are there?

b. What do drinking games lead to?

c. Problems caused by drinking games.

4. Typical drinking and Celebration drinking

a. Typical drinking

b. Celebration drinking

c. Differences between the two.

5. Ritual drinking

a. What is ritual drinking.

b. Most common places for ritual drinking.

c. How it can affect students.

6. Turning 21 in College and drinking.

a. Is turning 21 better or worse for students safety?

b. What changes when students turn 21?

c. Students show increase in drinking and driving after 21.

7. Ideological Maturity and Drinking behaviors.

a. How does one's ideological maturity change with alcohol.

b. How else does a student's behavior change?

c. Consequences of change in behavior after consuming alcohol.

8. Alcohol use and sexual risk behavior.

a. Does alcohol cause unwanted sex?

b. How often is unplanned sex cause due to alcohol?

c. Some consequences of drunk sexual behavior.

9. Binge drinking.

a. It can be fatal.

b. How