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Purpose: This qualitative study explores why underage students engage in high-risk drinking and examines motivational cues that may serve as behavioral deterrents. Methods: Focus groups were conducted with college students under the age of 21 years (N=59) attending a large university in the southeast. All participants reported consuming five or more drinks in one sitting within the last two weeks (four or more for a female). Results: Participants attach positive expectancies to alcohol use, including peer influence/support and reduction of social anxiety. Negative social consequences such as embarrassment and relationship issues, including perceived sexual opportunities, were cited as disincentives for excessive drinking. Gender distinctions were present among the referenced costs and benefits of excessive alcohol consumption. Discussion: Overall, the negative consequences associated with excess drinking by underage college students are outweighed by positive expectancies such as social approval and acceptance by their peers. Translation to Health Education Practice: Understanding the language, motives and expectancies young people attach to alcohol use can enhance the efficacy of health education and prevention efforts.  \nDodd VJ, Glassman T, Arthur A, Webb M, Miller M. Why underage college students drink in excess: Qualitative research findings. Am J Health Educ. 2010;41(2):93-101. This paper was submitted to the Journal on July 23, 2009, revised and accepted for publication on September 30, 2009.  \nBaCKground  \nThe practice of high-risk drinking maybe regarded asthe most serious health problem faced by U.S. colleges and universities. 1,2 Recent findings by Hingson and colleagues indicate a lack of overall progress in attempts to reduce alcohol-related mortality and morbidity rates among 18-to-24-year-old college students.1 National College Health Assessment data collected in the fall of 2006 indicate that approximately 32% of female and 47% of male college students engage in high-risk drinking,3 defined as the consumption of at least five or more drinks for men or four or more drinks for women on at least one occasion in the past two weeks.4  \nPrevious studies also reveal that high-risk drinking rates among college students are greater than rates among their same-age peers not attending college. 1,5,6 This pattern of high-risk drinking results in serious  \nVirginia Dodd is an associate professor in the Department of Health Education and Behavior, Room 5 FLG, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32608; E-mail: vdodd@hhp.ufl. edu. Tavis Glassman is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Education & Rehabilitative Services, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606. Ashley Arthur is a health research analyst, Northrop Grumman Contract Support  \nnegative consequences for college students including unintentional injuries, risky sexual behavior, violence, academic difficulties and trouble with the law. 1,8 Further, based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental  \nat the National Center for Chronic Disease and Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health/Epidemiology Branch, Atlanta, GA 30333. Monica Webb is a Doctoral candidate, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. Maureen Miller is an alcohol & other drug prevention specialist atthe Student Health Care Center, GatorWell Health Promotion Services, Gainesville, FL 32611.  \n Virginia Dodd, Tavis Glassman, Ashley Arthur, Monica Webb, and Maureen Miller   \nDisorders, 4th Edition, nearly one-third of college students meet the criteria for a formal diagnosis of alcohol abuse, and one in 17 can be classified as alc","cbCainVozWvnOn6Q","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainVozWvnOn6Q","pdf",141254,"English","# Background\n## Methods\n## Results\n## Discussion\n## Translation to Health Education Practice","[{\"question\":\"What was the purpose of the qualitative study?\",\"answer\":\"The study explored why underage students engage in high-risk drinking and examined motivational cues that could act as behavioral deterrents.\"},{\"question\":\"How were participants selected and how often did they drink?\",\"answer\":\"Focus groups included college students under age 21 (N=59). 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