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Wittaya WisutruangdajVanichar Fakkhum

Presentation to APR academic meetingIHPP meeting room

20 February 2010

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION

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• INTRODUCTION• DEMOGRAPHICS• FINDINGS• CONCLUSIONS

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INTRODUCTION

• The Lifestyle Survey Project began in 1992.

• The survey tracked patterns of alcohol and drug consumption and consequences among Western students.

• It was replicated in 1995, 1998, and, most recently, during spring quarter, 1999.

• This Focus report presents findings from that most recent survey.

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DEMOGRAPHICS

• The findings in this Focus report are for drinkers only

• Altogether 347 completed and usable questionnaires were received from an initial cohort of 800 students.

• Gender– The 1999 cohort was 46.7% male and 53.3% female.– The 1998 cohort was 51.2% male and 48.9% female.

• Age– The 1999 cohort were 29.1% under the age of 21

and 70.9% aged 21 or older. – The 1998 cohort 40.8% under the age of 21 and

59.2% aged 21 or older.

• Living – The 1999 cohort mostly lived off campus, 82.7%.– The 1998 cohort 61.8% of whom lived off campus.

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FINDINGS

• A regression analysis of the 1999 Lifestyles Survey findings indicated that a significant predictor of Western GPA was the typical number of drinks a student consumes on a given weekend night (ρ = .001, = -.263, R2= .07). In other words, the more drinks reported on typical occasions, the lower the Western GPA. (See Table 1.)

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Table 1: Western GPA by alcohol use groups (typical number of drinks consumed on a given weekend)

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• A regression analysis indicated that the total number of RAPI items reported was a significant predictor of Western GPA

• The more drinks a survey respondent had on typical occasions, the higher the RAPI Mean, and the more a student drinks (on a typical weekend night), the higher the number of negative effects due to alcohol will be experienced.

FINDINGS

Note: RAPI Mean was created to give some meaning to the implications of alcohol-related problem analysis.

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• For each item, the same pattern emerged: those who had not experienced the behavior consumed less alcohol on typical and peak occasions than those who had; moreover, those who had not experienced the behavior had higher Western GPA’s than those who had.

FINDINGS

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CONCLUSIONS

There is a strong correlation between alcohol consumption and Western GPA. Students who drink less have higher GPA’s; students who drink more have lower GPA’s.

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Reference

• THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE: FINDINGS FROM THE 1999 LIFESTYLES SURVEY

• Patricia M. Fabiano, Gary R. McKinney, and Kristoffer Rhoads. focus a research summary Volume 4, Issue 7 October, 1999

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Thank you!