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A Study on the Causal Influence Physiological Response Level has on Drinking Motivation and Drinking Problems Among College Students

Objectives：It has become known that experiencing a low-level of physiological response when consuming alcohol poses a greater possibility of causing more frequent drinking problems. This study was performed to find the causal effects of physio-logical responses arising from consuming alcohol on drinking motivation among college students. Methods：The subject pool consisted of 115 randomly-selected college students. The level of physiological response, degree of drinking motivation, and resulting drinking problems were evaluated according to the Self-Report of the Effects of Alcohol (SRE), the Drinking-Motivation Questionnaire, and the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT), in that order. Results：SRE totals and SRE during the heaviest drinking period are associated with AUDIT scores. According to the data acquired by Correlation Analysis, when comparing the levels of the subjects’ incidents of binge drinking and those of the most recent 3-month period of drink-ing, the SRE value showed a connection with enhancement motivation (r=0.278) and coping motivation (r=0.259). Further-more, multiple-regression analysis was executed to elucidate a causal relationship, and the results pointed to the SRE total’s causal influence on the drinking motivation total, enhancement motivation, and coping motivation. Upon measuring motivation, there was a significant disparity of (p<0.05) between the high-risk and low-risk groups. Conclusion：This study was first in the field to shed a light on the effects SRE has on motivations for alcohol consumption. Upon concluding the study, the results clearly indicate that SRE, which has gained consideration as a reliable means of recognizing alcohol abuse problems, has a cogent causal-influence on coping motivation, which is an incontrovertible indicator of alcohol abuse. However, due to the restrictions induced by the inadequate numbers in the subject pool and an abridged methodology which bears the shortcomings that come from lack of precision and sophistication, it is indubitable that the study needs to be improved upon further with more ac-curacy and exactitude on an extensive scale.