In this study, we investigated the influences of drinking goal conflict and drinking restraint on drinking behavior
of college male drinkers. According to Motivational Interview, adequate level of drinking goal conflicts control
and even regulate drinking behavior, but excessive drinking goal conflicts lead to more drinking, optimal level of
drinking restraint lessening it. We classified college male drinkers as normal group with mild or no drinking
problems and alcohol use disorder group with severe alcohol problems or depedence by AUDIT scores, in order
to investigate the influences of drinking goal conflicts and drinking restraint on drinking behavior. The main
results were as follows; First, alcohol use disorder group had more daily drinking amount and mean drinking
frequencies a week with greater positive attitudes to alcohol than normal group. But the drinking restraint of
normal group was higher than alcohol use disorder group. Second, drinking goal conflicts and drinking restraint
did not influence drinking behavior of normal group with mild or no drinking problems. Third, in alcohol use
disorder group, drinking goal conflicts facilitated drinking behavior, but drinking restraint did not suppress it. It
was testified that only aggravating ambivalent drinking goal conflicts did not reduce drinking behavior of college
male drinkers of alcohol use disorder group. It was suggested that college male drinkers, having more than
moderate alcohol depedence or problems, have to get psychological interventions and coping skill trainings in
addition to increase drinking goal conflicts very necessarily. The limitation and future tasks were discussed.