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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

The Impact of Self-Esteem on Binge Drinking

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Cross-Cutting Theme Poster - Risk and Resilience During Emerging Adulthood

  • Tiffany Gorsuch Bainter
    Western Illinois University
  • Michelle Ackerman
    Northcentral University

Abstract

Young adults were consciously aware that low levels of self-esteem led them to engage in binge consumption of alcohol and that they had consciously decided to binge drink with the goal of increasing their self-esteem. Additionally, answers indicated that causes and effects of binging behavior were cyclical in nature.

Substance Use and Abuse