A Prospective Study of Drinking & Academic Performace

饮酒的前瞻性研究

• 批准号: 7113964
• 负责人: DENNIS L THOMBS
• 金额: $ 33.07万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-01 至 2007-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7113964
• 关键词: Internet; academic achievement; alcoholic beverage consumption; behavioral /social science research tag; blood tests; breath tests; clinical research; drug detection; human subject; interview; longitudinal human study; performance; university student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The existing research on the relation between undergraduate alcohol use and academic performance is fraught with design and measurement problems. As a consequence, there exists no strong policy rationale, based on academic considerations, for institutions of higher education to attempt to deter alcohol misuse among students. The proposed research project seeks to fill this knowledge gap to better inform public policy and to establish a strong rationale for addressing Healthy People 2010 national health objective 26-11b. This prospective study will examine the short-term relations between alcohol use and academic performance in freshman and sophomore students. The study will primarily rely on objective measures, rather than self-reports, to assess both late-night drinking and academic performance. Throughout each of the five semesters of the study, breath samples will be collected from distinct panels of students as they return to their residence halls between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. on Wednesday through Saturday nights. In the first three weeks of each semester, students will be recruited for participation in the study. During this period, students will enroll themselves in the study using an access-restricted website. At the website, the study will be explained to the student, participation options will be identified, and informed consent will be obtained via a secure web page. The primary panel of students will be those electing to participate on a confidential basis. In exchange for financial compensation, the late-night intoxication patterns of these panels of students will be tracked over the course of one semester and linked to institutional measures of their academic work. The study will examine different ways to characterize nighttime drinking patterns based upon repeated BAL observations collected over the course of a semester. Students' academic performance will be weighted to account for course difficulty and course load. In addition, analyses will be conducted to determine whether college drinking mediates between academic performance in high school and that in college. That is, the study will test for possible compatibility effects whereby first- and second-year undergraduates select academic tracks that may accommodate their nighttime drinking practices. The proposed study will inform both public health and higher education policy by filling knowledge gaps about the nature of the relation between college drinking and academic performance.

描述(申请人提供)：现有关于大学生饮酒与学业成绩关系的研究存在设计和测量方面的问题。因此，基于学术考虑，高等教育机构没有强有力的政策理由来试图阻止学生滥用酒精。拟议的研究项目试图填补这一知识空白，以便更好地为公共政策提供信息，并为解决2010年健康人国家健康目标26-11b奠定坚实的理论基础。 这项前瞻性研究将考察一年级和二年级学生饮酒和学习成绩之间的短期关系。这项研究将主要依靠客观的衡量标准，而不是自我报告，来评估深夜饮酒和学习表现。在这项研究的五个学期中，每一个学期都会从不同的学生小组中收集呼吸样本，这些学生在晚上10点之间返回宿舍。和凌晨3：00从周三到周六晚上。在每学期的前三周，学生将被招募参加研究。在此期间，学生将使用访问受限的网站注册学习。在网站上，将向学生解释这项研究，确定参与选项，并通过安全的网页获得知情同意。主要的学生小组将是那些选择以保密方式参与的学生。作为经济补偿的交换，这些学生小组的深夜醉酒模式将在一个学期的过程中被跟踪，并与他们学业的制度指标联系起来。 这项研究将根据在一个学期中收集的反复BAL观察，检查不同的方法来表征夜间饮酒模式。学生的学习成绩将根据课程难度和课程负担进行加权。此外，还将进行分析，以确定大学饮酒是否会在高中和大学的学习成绩之间起到中介作用。也就是说，这项研究将测试一年级和二年级本科生选择可能适合他们夜间饮酒习惯的学术轨道可能产生的兼容性影响。这项拟议的研究将通过填补关于大学饮酒与学业成绩之间关系的性质的知识空白，为公共卫生和高等教育政策提供信息。