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Binge drinking and casual sex on spring break

  • Sevil Sönmez
  • , Yorghos Apostolopoulos
  • , Chong Ho Yu
  • , Shiyi Yang
  • , Anna Mattila
  • , Lucy C. Yu

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Abstract

College students' health-risk behaviors on spring break were examined via pre- and post-surveys. Over one-half reported getting drunk on the previous vacation and stated intentions to do so again. Personal normative beliefs and situational expectations emerged as strong predictors of intentions to binge and pacts of actual bingeing. Intentions for casual sex were predicted by attitudes, personal normative beliefs, situational expectations, and pacts, whereas engagement in casual sex was predicted by intentions for and prior experience with it. The majority of students reported rarely/never using condoms during spring break. They appear to participate in riskier behaviors in the spring break environment than at home.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)895-917
Number of pages23
JournalAnnals of Tourism Research
Volume33
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2006

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Business and International Management
  • Development
  • Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management
  • Marketing

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