An individual in context: Predictors of alcohol use and drinking problems among Greek and residence hall students

Fraternity, sorority, and residence hall residents were compared on drinkin g rates and patterns drinking-related problems, family history of alcohol p roblems, alcohol outcome expectancies, and high school drinking patterns. R esults indicated residence in a fraternity was related to move frequent alc ohol consumption and greater negative consequences even after accounting fo r family history, expectancies, and high school drinking rates. Family hist ory of alcohol problems was only related to negative consequences for men. Only high school drinking rates were related to amount of alcohol consumed per occasion, for both men and women. Fraternity residence was found to be related to more negative consequences even after accounting for current dri nking habits. However sorority residence was found to moderate the relation ship between current drinking and negative consequences. Both high and low drinkers in sororities indicated similar rates of alcohol-related negative consequences, whereas high frequency female drinkers in the residence hall sample reported significantly more problems.