Binge Drinking College Students Cooler And Happier Than Sober Ones
Monday, August 20, 2012 - 13:40
in Psychology & Sociology
A sociology paper claims that binge-drinking college students are having a much better time in school than their non-binge-drinking counterparts.Binge drinking may be popular on campuses not simply because young people have no jobs yet don't live at home, but because binge drinkers are cool and therefore happy with their college experience. According to the surveys, students from higher status groups (i.e., wealthy, male, white, heterosexual, and Greek affiliated undergraduates) were consistently happier with their college social experience than their peers from lower status groups, i.e., poor, female, minority, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ); and not in a sorority or frat. read more