The Role of Relationship Changes in College Students' Heavy Episodic Drinking.
William R CorbinJessica D HartmanAlexandria S CurleeSuzanne ZalewskiKim FrommePublished in: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research (2020)
Together, results indicate that engaging in nonexclusive dating or casual sexual relationships may play an important role in the development of problematic patterns of alcohol use during the early college years. These findings have potentially important implications both for future research and for prevention and intervention efforts targeting high-risk college drinkers.