[01] Maurice Y. Mongkuo, Department of Government & History, Fayetteville State University, North Carolina, Fayetteville, U.S.A.. [02] Sabine Quantrell, Department of Political Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.A..

This study examined the effect of excessive alcohol consumption, gender, age, enrollment status, and academic class on risky sexual behavior among Predominantly Black College (PBC) students. Survey of PBC students aged 18 and above was conducted to obtain their opinion about the consumption of various alcohol beverages (i.e., beer, wine, and hard liquor), and their involvement in risky sexual behavior. Exploratory factor analysis identified items measuring the consumption level of each type of alcohol beverage with an acceptable internal consistency. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed to: (a) identify the factorial structure of the orthogonal measurement model; (b) determine the significance and magnitude of effect of the alcohol consumption measures on the risky sexual behavior measures; and (c) test the fit of the measurement and structural model to the data. The CFA produced an alcohol-related risky sexual behavior model causal model with good psychometric properties. Beer and hard liquor consumption emerged as having large positive and significant effects on risky sexual behavior; and wine consumption had no meaningful effect on sexual behavior among the PBC students. As for the effect of the control variables in the model on risky sexual behavior, gender had a large effect on risky sexual behavior with female college students being more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior after consuming alcohol than their male counterparts. Academic class had a moderate but significant effect on risky sexual behavior, with lower class students being more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior from alcohol consumption than upper class students. Age had a moderate, but insignificant influence on alcohol-related risky sexual behavior, with older students more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior than younger students. Wine consumption, enrollment status, and age had no meaningful effect on risky sexual behavior. These findings are, for the most part, consistent with previous research. Collectively, the findings suggest that to reduce alcohol-related risky sexual behavior on PBC campuses more attention should be given to controlling excessive consumption of hard liquor and beer, especially among female and lower class students.

Excessive Alcohol Consumption, Binge Drinking, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Structural Equation Modeling, Risky Sexual Behavior, Predominantly Black College

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