Background@#
University students have been known as having a higher rate of problem
drinking than the general
population in
South Korea. In particular, the
university freshmen may experience problem
drinking from increased occasions of frequent social gatherings at the first
school year as they have increased
time to freely use compared to the
high school days. Problem
drinking among
university freshmen may be influenced by multiple factors. The present study aimed to examine the
prevalence of problem
drinking and to identify individualand
family-level factors associated with
university freshmen's problem
drinking. @*
Methods@#A cross-sectional,
correlation study was conducted. Participants were 227
university freshmen (70
men and 157
women) under the
parenting of
mother and
father from 10
universities in
Seoul. The problem
drinking was evaluated by using the
Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test.
Alcohol Abstinence Self-
Efficacy Scale and Parental Authority
Questionnaire for
parenting behaviors were used. @*Results@#The
prevalence of problem
drinking was 58.6% among
university freshmen. An individual-level factor of
alcohol abstinence self-
efficacy was significantly associated with the
prevalence of problem
drinking (
odds ratio, 0.94; 95%
confidence interval, 0.91-0.96) among
university freshmen. However, any of
family-level factors including types of
parenting behaviors were not significantly associated with the
prevalence of problem
drinking. @*Conclusions@#
Alcohol abstinence self-
efficacy may be a strong
protective factor against
university freshmen's problem
drinking.
University-based
alcohol abstinence programs should comprise of
nursing strategies including the enhancement of abstinence
self-
efficacy at the first
school year.