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Effects of Early Adolescent Alcohol Use on Mid-Adolescent School Performance and Connection: A Longitudinal Study of Students in Victoria, Australia and Washington State, United States
Ist Teil von
The Journal of school health, 2014-11, Vol.84 (11), p.706-715
Ort / Verlag
Malden, USA: Wiley Periodicals, Inc
Erscheinungsjahr
2014
Quelle
Wiley-Blackwell Journals
Beschreibungen/Notizen
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND
This article examines the effect of early adolescent alcohol use on mid‐adolescent school suspension, truancy, commitment, and academic failure in Washington State, United States, and Victoria, Australia. Also of interest was whether associations remain after statistically controlling for other factors known to predict school outcomes.
METHODS
State‐representative student samples were surveyed in 2002 (grade 7; N = 1858) and followed up annually to 2004 (grade 9) in both sites. Students completed a modified version of the Communities That Care survey to report alcohol use, school outcomes, and risk and protective factors. Response rates were above 74% and retention rates exceeded 98% in both places.
RESULTS
Controlling for grade 7 risk factors, grade 7 current alcohol use, and heavy episodic drinking were associated with grade 8 school suspension. Grade 7 current and frequent alcohol use and heavy episodic drinking were linked to grade 9 truancy. In fully adjusted analyses, associations between early alcohol use and academic failure and low school commitment did not remain.
CONCLUSIONS
Although alcohol use is one factor influencing school performance and connection, there are other risk factors that need to be targeted to improve school outcomes.