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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Binge Drinking; Not Just an Attempt to Fit in, but an Attempt to Increase Self-Esteem

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

These results support the conclusion that the young adults within the present sample were consciously aware that their self-esteem is related to their relational value; and consciously chose to engage in behavioral attempts to increase self-esteem; via the binge consumption of alcohol; by attempting to increase their perceived relational value.

Substance Use and Abuse