Substance Use, Academic Performance, and Academic Engagement Among High School Seniors

Bugbee, Brittany A.; Beck, Kenneth H.; Fryer, Craig S.; Arria, Amelia M.

doi:10.1111/josh.12723

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“…Furthermore, greater substance use was found to predict poorer Math grades. This is consistent with hypotheses, and prior findings that substance use among adolescents negatively impacts academic achievement (16,67). Substance use experimentation and substance use disorders often emerge in adolescents (68) and this variable was the only significant predictor of academic achievement, high schools should be especially aware of the impact of substance use when tailoring preventative initiatives.…”

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Examining the relationship between adolescent health behaviors, brain health, and academic achievement using fNIRS

Papasideris

Safati

Ayaz

et al. 2020

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Background: Several adolescent health behaviors have been hypothesized to improve academic performance via their beneficial impact on cognitive control and functional aspects of the prefrontal cortex (PFC). Specifically, exercise, restorative sleep, and proper diet are thought to improve PFC function, while substance abuse is thought to reduce it. Few studies have examined the relationships among all of these in the same sample, while quantifying downstream impacts on academic performance. Objective: The primary objective of this study is to examine the association between lifestyle behaviors and academic performance in a sample of adolescents, and to examine the extent to which activity within the PFC and behavioural indices of inhibition may mediate this relationship. Methods: Sixty-seven adolescents underwent two study sessions five days apart. Sleep and physical activity were measured using wrist-mounted accelerometry; eating habits, substance use and academic achievement were measured by self-report. Prefrontal function was quantified by performance on the Multi-Source Interference Task (MSIT), and task-related brain activity via functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). Results: Higher levels of accelerometer-assessed physical activity predicted higher MSIT accuracy scores (β= .321, ρ= 0.019) as well as greater task-related increases in activation within the right dlPFC (β=.008, SE= .004, ρ =.0322). Frequency of fast-food consumption and substance use were both negatively associated with MSIT accuracy scores (β= -.307, ρ= .023) and Math grades (𝛽= -3.702, 𝑆𝐸= 1.563, ρ= .022) respectively. However, these effects were not mediated by indicators of PFC function. Conclusion: Physical activity and eating behaviors predicted better interference task performance in adolescents, with the former mediated by greater task-related increases in right dlPFC activation. Substance use predicted worse Math grades, however, no other reliable effects of health behaviors on academic outcomes were evident.

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“…Participants completed the MSIT as a measure of response inhibition (66,67). For this task, each trial consisted of three numbers that were horizontally aligned in the centre of a black computer screen in bold white 50pt font.…”

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Safati

Ayaz

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“…Several factors are related to increase in drinking and academic burnout, especially strong competition among students, heavy school workload, and the many academic tests they have while they are of school age ( Blumenthal et al, 2010 , Muzafar et al, 2015 , Vorster et al, 2019 , White et al, 2016 ). However, high scores in Efficacy were observed in those students who did not drink alcohol ( Bugbee et al, 2019 ). That is, academic efficacy is associated with less use of alcohol and even its absence.…”

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Student burnout and engagement: Relationship with adolescent use of alcohol and attitudes towards authority

Fuentes

Linares

Jurado

et al. 2021

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

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Background/Objective The burnout syndrome has been related to development of transgressive attitudes toward norms that facilitate risk behaviors in youth, such as drinking alcohol. On the contrary, academic engagement is related to positive attitudes toward authority which can slow down its use. The objective was analyze the relationships between burnout and academic engagement, attitudes toward authority and use of alcohol. Method : The sample included a total of 1,287 high school students who anonymously filled out the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale for Students and the Scale of Attitudes toward Institutional Authority in adolescents, along with questions on drinking alcohol. Results : It was observed that cynicism had a significant effect on positive attitude toward rule-breaking, and this in turn, on frequency of drinking. The engagement dedication factor was shown to have a significant direct effect on positive attitude toward institutional authority, and this on drinking frequency. Conclusions : Promoting measures for decreasing burnout in youth and stimulating academic engagement could have repercussions on attitudes toward rules and the presence of risk behavior.

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“…These findings are similar to study about substance abuse among high school seniors by Brittany AB et al . in which children with perceived poor academic performance has 2.7 times more chances of substance abuse [ 20 ] and another study reported by Mumtaz et al . in that low academic performance was one considered as one of the important predictors of smoking in Saudi adolescents [ 21 ].…”

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Exposure to parental and sibling smoking and future intentions to smoke among 13-15 years old school age children in Saudi Arabia

Vundavalli¹,

Alfawzan²,

Ramaiah³

et al. 2021

Pan Afr Med J

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Introduction prevalence of smoking in school children is alarming in Saudi Arabia and little is well-known about the aspects stimulating such behaviours in secondary school children. The aim of this study was to assess the association between influence of parent/sibling/peer smoking and future intentions to initiate smoke among 13-15 years old school children in Al Ras town, Saudi Arabia. Methods a cross sectional survey was conducted in Al Ras city during first quarter of 2019. Data was collected from 492 secondary school children who were selected through multistage stratified cluster sampling. Pretested, self-administered Arabic questionnaire was used to collect data about socio-demographic and prevalence of current smoking behaviours and associated factors. Descriptive statistics was done initially, following by binomial regression to assess the predictors of current smoking and future smoking intentions. Results the overall prevalence of smoking in respondents was 22.7% and statistically significant difference in smoking prevalence's between boys and girls was observed (40% vs 5.6%). Among the predictors of current smoking, smoking habits in siblings and getting pocket money over 200 Saudi riyals are found to be significant. Siblings smoking (odds ratio: 6.4) and poor academic performance (odds ratio: 3.2) were the two most important factors influencing children's intentions of smoking. Conclusion smoking prevalence in secondary school children of Al Ras was similar to national data. Since, influence of siblings, getting more pocket money and poor academic performance were found to important predictors of children smoking behaviours and attitudes, health education programs should address these factors to be effective.

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Substance Use, Academic Performance, and Academic Engagement Among High School Seniors

Cited by 70 publications

References 86 publications

Examining the relationship between adolescent health behaviors, brain health, and academic achievement using fNIRS

Examining the relationship between adolescent health behaviors, brain health, and academic achievement using fNIRS

Student burnout and engagement: Relationship with adolescent use of alcohol and attitudes towards authority

Exposure to parental and sibling smoking and future intentions to smoke among 13-15 years old school age children in Saudi Arabia

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