Binge drinking behaviour, attitudes and beliefs in a UK community sample: An analysis by gender, age and deprivation

References

• Babor T, Caetano R, Casswell S, Edwards G, Giesbrecht N, Graham K. Alcohol: No ordinary commodity. Oxford University Press, OxfordUK 2003
   Google Scholar
• Bandura A. Social foundations for thought and action. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1986
   Google Scholar
• Bosari B, Carey KB. Peer influences of college drinking: A review of the research. Journal of Substance Abuse 2001; 13: 391–424
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Bosari B, Carey KB. Descriptive and injunctive norms in college drinking: A meta-analytical integration. Journal of Studies on Alcohol 2003; 64: 331–341
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bromley C, Ormston R. Part of the Scottish way of life? Attitudes towards drinking and smoking in Scotland – Findings from the 2004 Scottish social attitudes survey. Scottish executive social research substance misuse research programme, Edinburgh, 2005. Scottish executive
   Google Scholar
• Cabinet Office. The alcohol harm reduction strategy for England. Cabinet Office, Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, London 2004
   Google Scholar
• Cameron D, Thomas M, Madden S, Thornton C, Bergmark A, Garretsen H, et al. Intoxicated in Europe: In search of meaning. Addiction Research 2000; 8(3)233–242
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Crombie I, Irvine L, Elliot L, Wallace H. Public health policy on alcohol. University of Dundee/NHS Health Scotland, DundeeUK 2005
   Google Scholar
• Drummond DC. An alcohol reduction strategy for England: The good, the bad and the ugly. Alcohol and Alcoholism 2004; 39: 377–339
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Filho-Almeida N, Lessa I, Magalhaes L, Araujo MJ, Aquino E, James SA, et al. Social inequality and alcohol consumption abuse in Bahia, Brazil: Interactions of gender, ethnicity and class. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2005; 40: 214–222
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Foxcroft D, Ireland D, Lister-Sharp DJ, Breen R. Longer-term primary prevention for alcohol misuse in young people: A systematic review. Addiction 2003; 98: 397–411
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gmel G, Rehm H, Kuntsche E. Binge drinking in Europe: Definitions, epidemiology and consequences. Sucht 2003; 49(2)105–116
   Google Scholar
• Hammersley R, Ditton J. Binge or bout: Quantity and rate of drinking by young people in the evening in the licensed premises. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy 2005; 12(6)493–500
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hayward K. City limits: Crime, consumer culture and the urban experience. Glasshouse Press, London 2004
   Google Scholar
• Jeffries B, Power C, Manor O. Adolescent drinking level and adult binge drinking in a national birth cohort. Addiction 2005; 100: 543–549
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kuntsche E, Rehm J, Gmel G. Characteristics of binge drinkers in Europe. Social Science & Medicine 2004; 59: 113–127
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lader D, Goddard E. Drinking: Adults’ behaviour and knowledge in 2004. Office of National Statistics, London 2004
   Google Scholar
• Leon DA, McCambridge J. Liver cirrhosis mortality rates in Britain from [1950] to 2002: An analysis of routine data. Lancet 2006; 367: 52–56
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Luty J. UK alcohol policy—pure genius. Psychiatric Bulletin 2005; 29: 410–412
   Google Scholar
• McAlaney J, McMahon J. Establishing the rates of binge drinking in the UK: Anomalies in the data. Alcohol & Alcoholism 2006; 41(4)355–357
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McAlaney J, McMahon J. Normative beliefs, misperceptions and heavy episodic drinking in a British student sample. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 2007; 68: 385–392
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Measham F. The new policy mix: Alcohol, harm minimisation, and determined drunkenness in contemporary society. International Journal of Drug Policy 2006; 17: 258–268
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Midanik LT. Drunkenness, feeling the effects and 5+ measures. Addiction 1999; 94(6)887–897
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Neumark YD, Rahav G, Jaffe DH. Socio-economic status and binge drinking in Israel. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2003; 69: 15–21
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• NHS National Services Scotland. Alcohol statistics Scotland. ISD Scotland Publications, Edinburgh 2005
   Google Scholar
• Office of National Statistics. General household survey 2003. Office of National Statistics, London 2005
   Google Scholar
• Okoro CA, Brewer RD, Naimi TS, Moriatry DG, Giles WH, Mokdad AH. Binge drinking and health related quality of life: Do popular perceptions match reality?. American Journal of Preventative Medicine 2004; 26(3)230–233
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Plant M, Plant M. Binge Britain: Alcohol and the national response. Oxford University Press, OxfordUK 2006
   Google Scholar
• Rehm J, Ashley MJ, Room R, Single E, Bondy S, Ferrence R, et al. Drinking patterns and their consequences report from an international meeting. Addiction 1996; 91(11)1615–1621
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Room R. Disabling the public interest: Alcohol strategies and policies for England. Addiction 2004; 99: 1083–1089
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Scottish Executive. Plan for action on alcohol problems. Scottish Executive, EdinburghUK 2002
   Google Scholar
• Scottish Index of Multiple of Deprivation. Scottish Executive, Edinburgh 2004, ISBN 0-7559-4202-7. Available online at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/47251/0027011.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Sproston K, Primatesta P. Health survey for England 2003. Vol. 2: Risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Office of National Statistics, London 2004
   Google Scholar
• Weitzman ER, Nelson TF. College student binge drinking and the ‘prevention paradox’: Implications for prevention and harm reduction. Journal of Drug Education 2004; 34(3)247–265
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wright NR. A day at the cricket: The breath alcohol consequences of a type of very English binge drinking. Addiction Research and Theory 2006; 14(2)133–137
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar