AN EXPLANATION OF STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION FROM RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY PERSPECTIVE: A CASE STUDY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE FACULTY OF TEHRAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

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ALIVERDINIA AKBAR; MIRZAEI SOMAYEH

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Journal: SOCIAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH IN IRAN Year:2017 | Volume:5 | Issue:4 Page(s): 511-539

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AN EXPLANATION OF STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION FROM RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY PERSPECTIVE: A CASE STUDY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE FACULTY OF TEHRAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

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RATIONAL CHOICEQ2

ALCOHOL USEQ2

ATTITUDEQ2

SOCIAL DEVIANCEQ2

STUDENTSQ1

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Within the country, there is evidences of the prevalence of alcohol consumption among youth and universities’ STUDENTS. The purpose of this paper is to study social science faculty of Tehran university STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE toward alcohol consumption, and to explain this ATTITUDE from RATIONAL CHOICE theory perspective. The method of this research is survey, and the data collection instrument is questionnaire, and finally the number of 412 respondents (209 male STUDENTS and 203 female STUDENTS) were analyzed. Descriptive data show that 55.6, 37.1, and 7.3 percent of all STUDENTS, respectively, have negative, moderate, and positive ATTITUDE toward alcohol consumption. Also, the mean of ATTITUDE toward alcohol consumption and all dimensions of it is higher in men than women. Results show that among the eight RATIONAL CHOICE variables, four variables of informal punishment, utilitarian need, moral beliefs and affective ties (as the most indicators) have a significant relationship with alcohol consumption and all dimensions of it. The study variables explain 71.2 percent of the variations of ATTITUDE toward alcohol consumption variable. Providing a scale for evaluating ATTITUDEs toward alcohol consumption, and operationalizing of the independent variables based on RATIONAL CHOICE theory according to alcohol consumption are among the theoretical achievements of this research.

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ALIVERDINIA, AKBAR, & MIRZAEI, SOMAYEH. (2017). AN EXPLANATION OF STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION FROM RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY PERSPECTIVE: A CASE STUDY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE FACULTY OF TEHRAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. SOCIAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH IN IRAN, 5(4), 511-539. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/242772/en

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ALIVERDINIA AKBAR, MIRZAEI SOMAYEH. AN EXPLANATION OF STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION FROM RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY PERSPECTIVE: A CASE STUDY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE FACULTY OF TEHRAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. SOCIAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH IN IRAN[Internet]. 2017;5(4):511-539. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/242772/en

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AKBAR ALIVERDINIA, and SOMAYEH MIRZAEI, “AN EXPLANATION OF STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION FROM RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY PERSPECTIVE: A CASE STUDY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE FACULTY OF TEHRAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS,” SOCIAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH IN IRAN, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 511–539, 2017, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/242772/en

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