| The present study examined ego identity status, gender, and academic standing on alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems. Participants were 165 university students (fifty-one men and 114 women) ranging in age from 17 to 23 years including freshmen and sophomores. Participants completed two self-report questionnaires: The Core Alcohol and Drug Survey (CORE), and the Extended Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status (EOM-EIS). The CORE assessed the patterns of alcohol consumption. The EOM-EIS assessed ego identity status. It was hypothesized that foreclosed male sophomore participants would exhibit a higher frequency and quantity of alcohol consumption and would have more alcohol-related problems than diffuse, female, and freshmen participants. The foreclosed male sophomore group consumed beer more often within a week and consumed more alcohol over their lifetime than the diffuse, female, and freshman groups. The diffuse female sophomore group reported more alcohol-related problems than the foreclosed, male, and freshmen groups. |
