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Last published 2025
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Patrick McClain

Graduate Student

Also affiliated: Rowan University (2023)

3 h-index 8 pubs 18 cited

  • Alcohol Drinking in College
  • Students
  • Alcohol Drinking
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Male
  • Universities
  • Motivation
  • COVID-19
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Young Adult
  • Sports
  • Masculinity

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Patrick McClain's research primarily investigates college student alcohol consumption patterns and motivations. His work has examined the factor structure of drinking game motivations and explored pregaming behaviors, particularly in the context of virtual social events during the COVID-19 pandemic. McClain has also studied masculine drinking norms and their relationship to hazardous alcohol use among college men, as well as drinking game participation before and during the pandemic year.

His publications include studies on nutritional intake in collegiate swimmers and the impact of COVID-19 on student drinking behaviors. McClain collaborates with researchers Byron L. Zamboanga, Lindsay S. Ham, and Kayla Ford at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 3, with 8 total publications and 20 total citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 3
  • Publications: 8
  • Citations: 18

Positions

  • Graduate Student publications 2024–2025
    University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Department of Psychological Sciences ORCID

Selected Publications

  • “Drink like a man!” masculine drinking norms, alcohol protective behavioral strategies, and severity of hazardous alcohol use among college men. (2025)
    Journal of Counseling Psychology 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Pregaming in the digital age: drinking before joining a virtual social event with friends or family among university students (2025)
    Current Psychology 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • A confirmatory factor analysis of a revised motives for playing drinking games (MPDG-33) scale among university students in the United States (2024)
    Alcohol and Alcoholism 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Examining the Factor Structure and Correlates of Motives to Drink Before Attending a Virtual Social Event During COVID-19 Among University Students (2024)
    Substance Use & Misuse 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Business as usual? Drinking games participation before and during an academic pandemic (COVID-19) year among university students (2024)
    Journal of American College Health 1 citation DOI OpenAlex

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Collaboration Network

27 Collaborators 18 Institutions 3 Countries

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