In her article, Binge Drinking is a "Risky Business", especially among college students. It is drinking alcoholic beverages in excess. It continues to be an ongoing problem facing widespread college campuses. She discusses that sometimes college students don't care at all. They just want to get drunk and party and have a good time. The part of the article that interests me most are the perceived risks and their severity. Here is a list of perceived threats that students may encounter when drinking.1) Drunk Driving 2) Illegal situations including underage drinking and use of fake IDs 3) Sexual experiences including rape 4) Passing Out/ Losing control 5) Fights 6) Academic failure etc., Students voiced their feelings saying there is no better time to drink at then this time in there life. The summary of findings also lists attitudes regarding severity. The consequences are so minimal and relatively speaking, drinking is safe. The article also discusses attitudes toward vulnerability, response efficacy for risk management, attitudes that influence self-efficacy, ritual influences and other attitudes and beliefs that support ritual influences. It is a very broad article and I will further explain more in my paper.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/4189194
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