Should They Stay or Should They Go: Greek Housing on Campus as Substance Use Prevention? |
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| Authors: | Sandy Gibson Holly Matto Alyssa Keul |
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| Institution: | 1. Associate Professor, Department of Counselor Education, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey, USA;2. Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA;3. Eating Disorder Primary Therapist, GenPsych PC, Brick, New Jersey, USA |
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| Abstract: | Greek life on college campuses offers many student benefits, including leadership skills and career networking, but is also associated with risk factors such as excessive alcohol use. This cross-sectional study compares hazardous alcohol and drug use, and use of protective behavioral strategies among non-Greek and Greek-affiliated students at 2 universities and differences among students at a university that offers on-campus Greek housing and a college with off-campus Greek housing. Findings reveal that Greek-affiliated students report more alcohol use, and no difference in drug use or in protective behavioral strategies, than non-Greek students. Among Greek students, those living in on-campus Greek housing report significantly lower alcohol use than students residing in off-campus Greek housing. Regardless of Greek status, students at the college with off-campus Greek housing are significantly more likely to use alcohol and marijuana in a fraternity or sorority house than students at the university with on-campus Greek housing. |
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| Keywords: | alcohol campus college students drugs Greek housing prevention |
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