Effects of Voluntary Short-Term Abstinence from Alcohol on Subsequent Drinking Patterns of College Students

Author(s)

Thomas G. Burish, Vanderbilt UniversityFollow
Stephen A. Maisto, Vanderbilt University
A. Mitch Cooper, Community Mental Health Center of Escambia CountyFollow
Mark B. Sobell, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

ISSN

0096-882X

Publication Date

11-1981

Abstract

Among college students participating in a 30-day study, those unwilling to volunteer to abstain for 10 days were the heaviest drinkers; those volunteering to abstain spent similar amounts of time before, during and after the period of abstinence at social functions where drinking occurred, and drank more after than before the period of abstinence.

Volume

42

Issue

11

First Page

1013

Last Page

1020

NSUWorks Citation

Burish, T. G., Maisto, S. A., Cooper, A. M., Sobell, M. B. (1981). Effects of Voluntary Short-Term Abstinence from Alcohol on Subsequent Drinking Patterns of College Students. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 42(11), 1013-1020.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/730