Parents may influence college student binge drinking

Parents may influence college student binge drinking

College students who binge drink may be acting on influences they brought from home, a new study suggests. A recent survey shows that students who binge drink more than other students tend to have grown up in a home with more permissive attitudes toward drinking. Those students are also more likely to join Greek-affiliated organizations like fraternities or sororities. In the study in the journal Behavioral Sciences, researchers surveyed parents…