Alcohol Use and Its Effects on Academic Performance on University-level Students

• In Event: Substance Use Predictors and Consequences in College Students and Young Adults

Abstract

Alcohol use is a large component of the social lives of university students. Prior research examining the relationship between alcohol use and academic performance of students has found a significant inverse relationship in that as alcohol consumption increases, a student’s grade point average decreases (Musgrave-Marquart, Bromley, & Dalley, 1997; Vaughan, Corbin, & Fromme, 2009; Ruthig, Marrone, & Robinson-Epp, 2011). Nonetheless, most of the past research has been based on small sample sizes. The present study will explore the relationship between alcohol consumption and academic performance of university students, based on a dataset of over 500 responses to a self-reported questionnaire of drug and alcohol use, completed by undergraduate students at a medium-sized, Midwestern university.

Authors

• Charlotte Rain Kanyuh, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh

• Victoria Simpson Beck, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh

• Chris Rose, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh