1 International Health Policy Program - Thailand International Health Policy Program -Thailand Wittaya Wisutruangdaj Vanichar Fakkhum Presentation to APR academic meeting IHPP meeting room 20 February 2010 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION. Wittaya Wisutruangdaj Vanichar Fakkhum Presentation to APR academic meeting IHPP meeting room 20 February 2010. Outline. INTRODUCTION DEMOGRAPHICS FINDINGS CONCLUSIONS. INTRODUCTION. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Wittaya WisutruangdajVanichar Fakkhum
Presentation to APR academic meetingIHPP meeting room
• 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