Becoming a “successful” drinker and a graduate: A sociological perspective on alcohol consumption by university students

Claire Tanner; Jo Lindsay; Rose Leontini; Sian Supski; Julie Hepworth; Toni Schofield; John Germov

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-813125-1.00001-5

Becoming a “successful” drinker and a graduate: A sociological perspective on alcohol consumption by university students

Claire Tanner, Jo Lindsay, Rose Leontini, Sian Supski, Julie Hepworth, Toni Schofield, John Germov

Sociology

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Abstract

A sociological perspective offers critical insights into how social contexts and institutions shape alcohol use. This chapter contributes to a mature field in the sociological study of alcohol use. We consider the experience of undergraduate university students as consumers of two key commodities that are intertwined and in tension-alcohol, as a pleasurable aspect of the university lifestyle and university education itself, culminating in qualification. Drawing on qualitative interviews with undergraduate students, we describe features of university students’ drinking. In so doing, we identify key dimensions of students’ alcohol use and their conceptualization of university as a unique space and time in one’s life course to drink.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Neuroscience of Alcohol
Subtitle of host publication	Mechanisms and Treatment
Editors	Victor Preedy
Place of Publication	London UK
Publisher	Academic Press
Chapter	1
Pages	3-11
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128131251
ISBN (Print)	9780128131268
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813125-1.00001-5
Publication status	Published - 2019

Keywords

Alcohol
Consumption
Qualitative
Tertiary education
University students

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Tanner, C., Lindsay, J., Leontini, R., Supski, S., Hepworth, J., Schofield, T., & Germov, J. (2019). Becoming a “successful” drinker and a graduate: A sociological perspective on alcohol consumption by university students. In V. Preedy (Ed.), Neuroscience of Alcohol: Mechanisms and Treatment (pp. 3-11). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813125-1.00001-5

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Neuroscience of Alcohol: Mechanisms and Treatment. ed. / Victor Preedy. London UK: Academic Press, 2019. p. 3-11.

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