Research Article

The Drinkers Degree: Risk Taking Behaviours amongst Undergraduate Student Drinkers

Table 5

Differences in AUDIT score in relation to worries.

How often have you worried about the things listed below in the last month?Often/most daysNever/rarely/sometimesMann-Whitney
MeanSDMeanSD score value

Study, workload problems141310.566.18107310.906.12−0.890.375
Money problems76311.506.63172210.345.90−4.1<0.0005
Physical health48411.857.17199610.435.84−3.49<0.0005
Emotional health47310.726.92201410.705.97−0.990.325
Problems with friends25311.196.92223310.656.07−1.080.281
Problems with lecturers and teachers9312.638.14239210.636.06−1.560.119
Boyfriend/girlfriend problems38512.076.73210110.456.02−4.62<0.0005
Sex26013.246.93222510.416.00−6.52<0.0005
Family problems28711.447.08220010.606.02−1.410.158
The way you look77711.566.50171210.315.96−4.07<0.0005
The amount you are eating84411.686.69164510.205.81−4.92<0.0005
What people think of you75011.686.66173810.285.88−4.29<0.0005
Sexually transmitted infections7615.497.27241010.566.06−6.1<0.0005
Your gambling, for example, lottery tickets4317.429.38244210.596.02−4.78<0.0005
Your smoking9815.977.01238910.496.02−7.94<0.0005
Your alcohol use20119.446.2522849.935.52−18.09<0.0005
Your drug use2617.757.16245910.626.10−4.89<0.0005