Abstract

ESPINDOLA, Marília Ignácio de; SCHNEIDER, Daniela Ribeiro  and  BARTILOTT, Carolina Bunn. The perception of college students about the consequences of binge drinking. SMAD, Rev. Eletrônica Saúde Mental Álcool Drog. (Ed. port.) [online]. 2019, vol.15, n.2, pp. 29-37. ISSN 1806-6976.  http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.1806-6976.smad.2019.149204.

OBJETIVE: verify the perception of Brazilian university students about the risks of a behavior called Binge Drinking. METHOD: descriptive exploratory, cross-sectional, quantitative nature. Participated 2641 students from all regions of Brazil. It was found that 24.8% of respondents considered to be a heavy drinker. RESULTS: it has been found that the beverage most used in the practice of binge drinking is beer. Those who have practiced the binge drinking, 75.8% responded that they repeated this consumption. CONCLUSION: is that a significant portion of university practices binge drinking and most do not realize the risk related to this behavior.

Keywords : Binge Drinking; Alcohol Drinking in College; University; Universities; Alcohol Abuse.

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