I found the press articles most interesting and might use this in class this fall--some of the articles took some very convoluted interpretations of the correlation paths. So by the time I read the live science press release it sounded like students may want to binge to increase their popularity--not so much to increase their happiness! Wow. How did they get there? That's why I think this is a great set of papers to use in class--on the other hand the scienceblog report was pretty accurate in repeating the study findings.
Thanks! Annette --------------------------------------------- Subject: Blitzed College Students Are Happier Than Non-Blitzed Students From: Michael Palij <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:43:44 -0400 NOTE: To ensure we're talking about the same thing, by "blitzed" I mean the kind of drunkenness that occurs when one engages in binge drinking. A paper to be presented today at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) -- if you're in Denver, it's at 2:30pm MDT -- researchers have found that college students who engage in binge drinking are happier than students who don't engage in binge drinking. In keeping with the practices of other professional organization, such as our APA, the ASA had "embargoed" the study until this morning when it made available the press release available at this website: http://www.asanet.org/documents/press/pdfs/AM_2012_Carolyn_Hsu_News_Release.pdf Needless to say, the popular media was quick to pick up on this story and you can see how they handle it here: http://health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2012/08/20/health-buzz-college-binge-drinkers-report-being-happier And here: http://scienceblog.com/56149/binge-drinking-college-students-are-happier-than-their-non-binge-drinking-peers/ And here: http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2012/08/20/binge-drinking-makes-students-happy And here, on the LiveScience website: http://www.livescience.com/22512-college-binge-drinkers-happier.html -------------------------------------------------- Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=19915 or send a blank email to leave-19915-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
