The effect of religiosity and campus alcohol culture on collegiate alcohol consumption

The purpose of this study was to assess the interactive relationship of college environment and religiosity on the college alcohol experience of students attending two institutions, one secular and one a religious college. Reference group theory was the theoretical foundation utilized in this study. The data for this research was gathered from two college samples, one a secular university and one a religious liberal arts college. Five hundred and twenty-nine students participated in the project. The data was based on student responses to two survey instruments. The Religiosity Measure is an eight-item survey that assesses religiosity, and the College Alcohol Survey is a twenty-page survey that investigates collegiate alcohol use. A pilot study was carried out using twenty-one college students to assess the survey instruments. A variety of statistical procedures were used, including Mann-Whitney U tests, Spearman Rho correlations, chi-square, and multinomial logistic regression.