This paper explored the difference between college student’s in the United States and Korea. According to Korean culture they think that drinking alcohol is essential for a good atmosphere at gatherings and that if you are not drinking during the gatherings you are at a disadvantaged and do not experience the same social atmosphere as drunk people do (Chun, 2009, p.115). The experiment was tested by sending out a questionnaire to a random selection of college students. There were 10,904 United States students and 2,385 Korean students and a total of 179 colleges that were evaluated.
They found that among Korean students 7.5% of male and 3.0% of females were a victim of sexual assault or date rape, which are physical second hand effects of
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Growing up it was always thought that if you were involved in a sport then you would stay out of alcohol related trouble surprising research has changed studied this more and it shows that if athletes drink more frequently and consume more during a party or special occasion than there non-athletic peers (Turrisi, 2006, p. 410). Just like the sororities and fraternities, age is a contributing factor. Research studies have found that athletes who participated in a sport in high school and college took more risky behaviors and drank more than the students who were not athletes (Turrisi, 2006, p. 410). Studies between men and women don’t seem to have a large affect but the studies between racial and ethnic groups have determined that Caucasian’s are heavy drinkers. Athletes suffer from a number of side effects from drinking. In a study conducted by the NCCA 21,225 college athletes 79% said they had in the past twelve moths, 65% admitted to having a hangover, 42% had nausea or vomiting, 43% missed a class and regretted doing something later, 35% percent got into a fight or argument, 20% were hurt or injured, 17% had issues with the law or authorities, and 11% had been sexually assaulted with the last twelve months (Turrisi, 2006, p.