Problem drinking during the college years is a significant public health concern. The goal of the current review was to examine the primary psychosocial factors that predict problem drinking in college students. Variables examined included demographic variables, personality, drinking history, alcohol expectancies, drinking motives, stress and coping, activity involvement, and peer and family influence. Evidence from studies of college drinking indicated that the variables associated with college drinking seem to vary at levels dealing with one's personality and coping mechanisms, one's thought processes about drinking, and the environment. It seems that expectancies and drinking motives may serve as explanations for the pathways from certain personality types (i.e., sensation seeking and neurotic) to problem drinking in the college setting. Factors that predicted future drinking problems after college were also examined. Overall, it seems that interventions and prevention programs would need to reach college students at all three levels--the environment, individual personality traits, and cognitive processes. Future research should address the limitations in the previous research as well as test comprehensive models of college drinking.

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大学生与有问题的饮酒：文献综述。

在大学期间饮酒问题是公共健康的重要问题。本次审查的目的是研究预测大学生饮酒问题的主要社会心理因素。研究的变量包括人口统计学变量，性格，饮酒史，饮酒期望，饮酒动机，压力和应对，活动参与以及同伴和家庭的影响。大学饮酒研究的证据表明，与大学饮酒相关的变量似乎在处理一个人的性格和应对机制，一个人的饮酒思维过程以及环境等方面有所不同。期望和饮酒动机似乎可以解释从某些人格类型（即寻求感觉和神经质）到大学环境中饮酒问题的途径。还检查了预测大学毕业后未来饮酒问题的因素。总体而言，似乎干预和预防计划需要覆盖环境，个人人格特征和认知过程这三个层次的大学生。未来的研究应解决先前研究的局限性，并测试大学饮酒的综合模型。