The Drinkers Degree: Risk Taking Behaviours amongst Undergraduate Student Drinkers

Table 3

Reasons for drinking alcohol.

Reasons for drinking alcohol	Strongly agree/agree			Strongly disagree/disagree			Mann-Whitney
		Mean	SD		Mean	SD	score	value
To feel good	1787	11.12	6.27	254	9.28	4.91	−4.7	<0.0005
To feel confident	1991	11.17	6.19	192	8.67	5.58	−6.21	<0.0005
To relieve stress	1877	10.81	6.15	207	11.11	6.38	−0.27	0.785
To feel relaxed	1944	10.73	6.11	177	10.75	5.88	−0.72	0.474
To look cool	990	9.72	6.29	1010	11.68	5.79	−7.92	<0.0005
To get drunk	2161	11.10	6.08	124	6.48	4.58	−9.34	<0.0005
Because friends do	1607	10.45	6.23	441	11.72	5.97	−3.99	<0.0005