Journal of Alcoholism & Drug Dependence
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Department of Psychology, Northcentral University, La Jolla, CA, USA

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• Research Article   
  Support for the Portion of the Sociometer that Operates within Conscious Awareness
  Author(s): Tiffany Erin Gorsuch Bainter* and Michelle Ackerman
  
  The current study focused on contribution to the Sociometer theory by exploring the portion of the sociometer that operates within conscious awareness. The researcher gathered information regarding the lived experience of young adults’ engagement in binge drinking to increase self-esteem and social acceptance using a qualitative Interpretative Phenomenological Approach (IPA). A purposive sample of five female college students ages of 22-24 meeting inclusions criteria via researcher developed screening was recruited. Data was collected via face-to-face, semistructured interviews that were then transcribed, member-checked, and analyzed according to IPA methodology. Themes included: Low self-esteem led to binge drinking; causes and effects of binging behavior were cyclical in nature; there was a conscious awareness of the relationship between self-esteem and re.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2329- 6488.22.10.370

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