Problems associated with alcohol consumption by university students

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: the aim of this study was to analyze alcohol consumption by university students and psychosocial problems related. METHOD: descriptive correlational study that included 396 university students. The "Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test" - (AUDIT) - and an "ad hoc" questionnaire were used as instruments to assess the associated problems. RESULTS: of the total sample, 88.6% drank, 20.5% had harmful consumption and 14.9% were at risk of dependence according to AUDIT. The study showed important results related to harmful alcohol consumption and dependence, with damage to the academic performance, social relationships, psychological status and sexual condition. CONCLUSIONS: complications caused by problematic alcohol consumption by university students, which is high in this group due to the high prevalence of their alcohol consumption, highlights the importance of promoting programs to prevent the abuse and dependence of this substance in universities.

The Predictors of Graduation: Social Skills, Mental Health, Academic Characteristics

“…This relation between mental health problems and academic performance was also verified in other comparative studies on different mental health problems (Castaño-Perez & Calderon-Vallejo, 2014;Gonçalves et. al., 2012;Hernández-Pozo et al, 2008).…”

“…mental health problems like anxiety, depression and drugs use negatively affect the college students' academic performance (Bajwa et al, 2013;Castaño-Perez & Calderon-Vallejo, 2014;Costales & Neira, 2011;Hernández-Pozo et al, 2008;Turner et al, 2012), except in Costa et al (2012), who found a relation between depression indicators and good academic performance. In the analysis of these studies, it is verified that the majority found a relation between mental health indicators and academic difficulties.…”

“…Although this study is not focused on professors' pedagogical practices, the students' academic difficulties in the field of exact sciences would be one of the research variables. A literature analysis reveals that a range of academic performance measures are investigated: grades (Aguilar, 2008;Artino et al, 2012;Costales & Neira, 2011;Fernandez et al, 2012;Gomes & Soares, 2013;Ihm et al, 2013;Nuñez Del Arco, 2005;Oyarzún Iturra et al, 2012;Victoroff & Boyatzis, 2013); verbal report on academic performance (Hernández-Pozo et al, 2008;Turner et al, 2012); approval in a specific subject (Garzella, 2013;Martí Ballester, 2012) and attending the classes (Castaño-Perez & Calderon-Vallejo, 2014). Studies are lacking that looked at the end product as a performance measure, which would be the graduation within the expected deadline.…”

“…In this scenario, other variables have been considered relevant to understand the academic performance, such as social skills (Aguilar, 2008;Artino et al, 2012;Fernandez, Salamonson, & Griffiths, 2012;Gomes & Soares, 2013;Ihm, Lee, Kim, Jang, & Jin, 2013;Oyarzún Iturra, Estrada Goic, Pino Astete, & Oyarzún Jara, 2012;Victoroff & Boyatzis, 2013); mental health conditions, such as anxiety (Costales & Neira, 2011;Hernández-Pozo, Coronado Álvarez, Araújo Contreras, & Cerezo Reséndiz, 2008), depression (Gonçalves, Zidan, Issa, & Barah, 2012;Turner, Thompson, Huber, & Arif, 2012) and drugs use (Bajwa et al, 2013;Castaño-Perez & Calderon-Vallejo, 2014); besides academic variables like knowledge areas (Garzella, 2013) and courses (Martí Ballester, 2012).…”

Representational comparisons of health education for alcoholics: a study of AnCo-networks

“…The importance of health education as an intervention in the university students' everyday life becomes fundamental because of the high rate of alcohol consumption, so they are vulnerable to abuse and dependence [8], and these actions are recommended in the care of the Unified Health System -SUS.…”