Research Symposium

BIO

I am a transfer student from Ft. Lauderdale, FL. My aspirations is to move on to graduate school and then become a child psychologist.

Risky Alcohol Use and Stress in African American College Students

Abstract

According to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA; 2021), thousands of college students are hospitalized each year for alcohol overdose. This occurs when there is an overwhelming amount of alcohol in the bloodstream that causes areas of the brain controlling basic life support functions to begin to shut down. Symptoms may include breathing, heart rate and temperature control. According to the NIAAA, “Almost 53 percent of full-time college students ages 18 to 22 drunk alcohol in the past month and about 33 percent engaged in binge drinking during that same time frame.” These statistics tell us that the abuse of alcohol is prevalent throughout colleges and universities.
Although there are many studies regarding college students and their urge to drink and risky alcohol behaviors. A lot of these research projects don't focus enough on African American undergraduate students and the ways in which their stress may influence risky alcohol use. For this poster, we will present a literature review on alcohol use and stress in African American students. We will discuss limitations, as well as implications and future research.

Keywords: "Stress" "African American" "Alcohol"