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Readings (Listing does not imply endorsement)

Astin, Alexander W., Parrott, S. A., Korn, W. S., and Sax, L. J. The American Freshman: Thirty Year Trends, 1966-1996. Los Angeles, CA: University of California at Los Angeles, Higher Education Research Institute, 1997.

Astin, A. W., Parrott, S. A., Korn, W. S., and Sax, L. J. The American Freshman: Thirty Year Trends, 1966-1996. Los Angeles, CA: University of California at Los Angeles, Higher Education Research Institute, 1997.

Baer, J. S., and Carney, M. M. Biases in the perceptions of the consequences of alcohol use among college students. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 1993, 54, 54-60.

Baer, J. S., Stacy, A., and Lattimer, M. Biases in the perception of drinking norms among college students. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 1991, 52, 580-586.

Berkowitz, Alan D., and Perkins, H. Wesley. Current Issues in Effective Alcohol Education Programming. In: Sherwood, J. S. (Ed.) Alcohol Policies and Practices on College and University Campuses. Washington, DC: National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, 1987.

Bohlmann, B. J., et al. Binge drinking in college. Journal of the American Medical Association, 1995, 273(24), 1903.

Commission on Substance Abuse at Colleges and Universities. Rethinking Rites of Passage: Substance Abuse on American Campuses. New York: Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 1994. (Note: An investigative reporter has documented that material in this reports is unsubstantiated, of highly questionable accuracy, or misleading.)

Copeland, L. A., Shope, J. T., and Waller, P. Factors in adolescent drinking/driving: Binge drinking, cigarette smoking, and gender. Journal of School Health, 1996, 66(7), 254.

Davey, J. D. Determinants of binge drinking and alcohol use by young Australian women. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 1997, 10(2), 7.

DeAngelis, T. Perceptions influence student drinking. Monitor (American Psychological Association), 35.

Dowdall, G., and Crawford, M. Binge drinking among American college women. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1998, 22(4), 705.

Duncan, D. F. Chronic drinking, binge drinking, and drunk driving. Psychological Reports, 1997, 80(2), 681.

Haines, Michael P. A Social Norms Approach to Preventing Binge Drinking at Colleges and Universities. Newton, Massachusetts: Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, 1996.

Haines, Michael P. Using media to change student norms and prevent alcohol abuse: A tested model. Oregon Higher Education Alcohol and Drug Newsletter, 1993, 1(2), 1-3.

Haines, Michael P., and Spear, A. F. Changing the perceptions of the norm: A strategy to decrease binge drinking among college students. Journal of American College Health, 1996, 45, 134-140.

Haines, M. P. A Social Norms Approach to Preventing Binge Drinking at Colleges and Universities. Newton, MA: Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, 1996. (This very useful and important book is available free by calling 1-800-676-1730).

Hanson, D. J. Alcohol Education: What We Must Do. Westport, Conneticut: Praeger, 1996.

Hansen, William B., an Graham, J. W. Preventing alcohol, marijuana, and cigarette use among adolescents: Peer pressure resistance training versus establishing conservative norms. Preventive Medicine, 1991, 20, 414-430.

Hansen, William B., and Graham, J. W. Preventing alcohol, marijuana, and cigarette use among adolescents: Peer pressure resistance training versus establishing conservative norms. Preventive Medicine, 1991, 20,

Heath, Dwight B. (Ed.) International Handbook on Alcohol and Culture. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995.

Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan (www.isr.umich.edu/src/mtf).

Johnson, L. D., O'Malley, P. M., and Bachman, J. G. National Survey Results on Drug Use from the Monitoring The Future Study, 1975-1995. Washington, DC: National Institute on Drug Abuse, vol. 1: Secondary School Students, 1996.

Johnson, L. D., O'Malley, P. M., and Bachman, J. G. National Survey Results on Drug Use from The Monitoring The Future Study, 1975-1997. Washington, DC: National Institute on Drug Abuse, Vol. I: Secondary School Students, 1998.

Meilman, P. W., et al. Black college students and binge drinking. Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 1994, 4, 70-71.

Liu, X., and Kaplan, H. B. Re-examining gender differences in circumstances surrounding initiation and escalation of binge drinking. The International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 1996, 16(5-6), 26.

Murgroff, V., White, D., and Phillips, K. Moderating binge drinking. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 1996, 31(6), 577.

Norman, P., Bennett, P., and Lewis, H. Understanding binge drinking. Health Education Research, 1998, 13(2), 163.

O'Hare, T., Cohen, F. C., and Sherrer, M. V. Comparing the QFI, the retrospective diary, and binge drinking in college first offenders. Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1997, 42(3), 40-53.

Orcutt, James . The Social Integration of Beers and Peers: Situational Contingencies in Drinking and Intoxication. In: Pittman, David J, and White, Helene R. (Eds.) Society, Culture, and Drinking Patterns Reexamined. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies, 1991. Pp. 198- 215.

Perkins, H. Wesley. College Student Misperceptions of Alcohol and Other Drug Norms among Peers: Exploring Causes, Consequences, and Implications for Prevention Programs. In: The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention. Newton, MA: The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, 1997. Pp. 177-206.

Perkins, H. Wesley. Scope of the problem: Misperceptions of alcohol and drugs. Prevention through correcting Misperceptions of alcohol and other drug norms: Notes on the state of the field. Catalyst, 1995, 1(3), 1-2.

Perkins, H. Wesley. Viewing the glass more empty than full. Catalyst, 1995, (3), 2.

Perkins, H. Wesley. Alcohol and Other Drugs Education Project. http://www.hws.edu/~alcohol

Perkins, H. Wesley. The Contextual Effect of Secular Norms on Religiosity as Moderator of Student Alcohol and other Drug Use. In: Lynn, M., and Moberg, D. (Eds.) Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 6 , JAI Press, 1994. Pp. 187-208.

Perkins, H. Wesley, and Berkowiz, Alan D. Perceiving the community norms of alcohol use among students: Some research implications for campus alcohol education programming. International Journal of he Addictions, 1986, 21,961-976.

Perkins, H. Wesley, and Wechsler, Henry. Variations in perceived college drinking norms and its impact on alcohol abuse: A nationwide study. Journal of Drug Issues, 1996, 26, 961-974.

Presley, C. A., Meilman, P. W., and Lyerla, R. Alcohol and Drugs on American College Campuses: Use, Consequences, and Perceptions of the Campus Environment. Carbondale, IL: CORE Institute, 1993.

Perkins, H. Wesley. Religious traditions, parents, and peers as determinants of alcohol and drug use among college students. Review of Religious Research, 1985, 27, 15-31.

Robin, R. W., Long, J. C., Rasmussen, J. K., Albaugh, B., and Goldman, D. Relationship of binge drinking to alcohol dependence, other psychiatric disorders, and behavioral problems in an American Indian tribe. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 1998, 22(2), 518.

Rubin, S. Binge drinking - a campus killer. The Readers Digest, 1998, (#919), 74. (This is included as an example of the treatment of "binge" drinking in the popular press).

Schulenberg, J., et al. Adolescent risk factors for binge drinking during the transition to young adulthood. Developmental Psychology, 1996, 32(4), 654-674.

Sibthorpe, B., Drinkwater, J., Gardner, K., and Bammer, G. Drug use, binge drinking and attempted suicide among homeless and potentially homeless youth. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 1995, 29(2), 248.

Smeaton, G. L., Josiam, B. M., Bharath, M., and Dietrich, U. C. College students' binge drinking at a beach-front destination during spring break. Journal of American College Health, 1998, 46(6), 247.

Spital, A. Acute renal failure after binge drinking and NSAID use. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 1995, 6(6), 1682.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Preliminary Results from the 1997 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. Washington, DC: SAMSHA, 1998.

Wechsler, H., Davenport, A., Datal, G., Moeyken, B., and Castillo, S. Health and behavioral consequences of binge drinking in college: A national survey of students at 140 campuses. Journal of the American Medical Association, 1994, 272, 1672-1677.

Wechsler, H., Davenport, A. E., Dowdall, G. W., Grossman, S. J., and Zanakos, S. I. Binge drinking, tobacco, and illicit drug use and involvement of college students: A survey of students at 140 American colleges. Journal of American College Health, 1997, 45(5), 195.

Wechsler, H., Dowdall, G. W., Davenport, A., and Castillo, S. Correlates of college student binge drinking. American Journal of Public Health, 1995, 85(7), 921.

Wechsler, H., Dowdall, G. W., Davenport, A., and Rimm, E. B. A gender-specific measure of binge drinking among college students. American Journal of Public Health, 1995, 85(7), 982.

Wechsler, H., Fulop, M., Padilla, A., Lee, H., and Patrick, K. Binge drinking among college students. Journal of American College Health, 1997, 45(6), 273.

Wechsler, H., Kuh, G., and Davenport, A. E. Fraternities, sororities, and binge drinking. NASPA Journal, 1996, 33(4), 260.

Wood, M. D., Nnagoshi, C. T., and Dennis, D. A. Alcohol norms and expectations as predictors of alcohol use and problems in a college student sample. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1992, 18, 461-476.