The Protective Effects of School Connectedness on Substance Use and Physical Activity

Weatherson, Katie; O’Neill, Meghan; Lau, Erica Y.; Qian, Wei; Leatherdale, Scott T.; Faulkner, Guy

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.07.002

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“…We found a linear trend between pain reliever misuse and grade level, which was consistent with previous NMPD findings (Johnston et al, 2019;King et al, 2013b;Vaughn et al, 2016;Weatherson et al, 2018). Concerning any prescription drug misuse, 15.5% of U.S. 12 th grade students reported lifetime misuse and 10% reported past year misuse (Johnston et al, 2019).…”

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“…Interestingly, all negative school experiences were associated with greater odds of lifetime and past year pain reliever misuse. The influence school experiences and connectedness have on substance use behavior (e.g., cigarette smoking, alcohol use, marijuana use) has been assessed in prior research among adolescents (Forster et al, 2017;Merianos et al, 2015;Weatherson et al, 2018). Our findings parallel these by identifying negative school experiences as a major risk factor for pain reliever misuse.…”

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confidence: 73%

“…Along with low perception of risk and ease of accessibility, negative school experiences have been identified as a strong predictor of substance use (Ford, 2009;King, Vidourek, Merianos, & Bartsch, 2015;Merianos, Vidourek, Nabors, & King, 2015). Specifically, negative school influences have been identified as a risk factor for frequent cigarette smoking, binge drinking, and marijuana use among adolescents (Weatherson et al, 2018). Concurrent results were recognized among street-involved youth; street-involved youth who have negative school experiences were at higher odds of heavy alcohol and marijuana use (Rivers, Saewyc, Frankish, & Warf, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Negative School Experiences and Pain Reliever Misuse among a National Adolescent Sample

Wood¹,

King²,

Vidourek³

et al. 2019

Health Behavior Research

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A recent public health concern is the nonmedical use of prescription drugs among U.S. adolescents. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between negative school experiences and lifetime and past year pain reliever misuse among adolescents enrolled in high school nationwide. A secondary analysis was performed using the National Survey on Drug Use and Health 2017 data. Participants included 8,337 adolescents enrolled in 9 th-12 th grades. A total of 6.0% of high school students reported they had misused pain relievers in their lifetime, and 3.9% reported they had misused pain relievers during the past year. High school students who reported the following negative school experiences were at increased odds of reporting lifetime pain reliever misuse: liked/hated going to school (adjusted OR [aOR] = 2.04, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.66-2.50); felt their coursework was somewhat/very boring (aOR = 1.81, 95%CI = 1.48-2.22), seldom/never meaningful (aOR = 2.01, 95%CI = 1.64-2.45), and/or would be somewhat/very unimportant to them later in life (aOR = 1.64, 95%CI = 1.33-2.01); and had teachers who seldom/never let them know they were doing a good job (aOR = 1.71, 95%CI = 1.40-2.09). High school students who had a "D" grade average or lower (aOR = 2.69, 95%CI = 1.89-3.82) and skipped school on at least one day (aOR = 2.18, 95%CI = 1.76-2.70) were more likely to report lifetime use. Similar significant findings were reported between negative school experiences and past year pain reliever misuse. Negative school experiences are risk factors for lifetime and past year pain reliever misuse among U.S. adolescents. Programming that reduces students' negative school experiences may create a positive environment, and in turn, reduce misuse.

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Negative School Experiences and Pain Reliever Misuse among a National Adolescent Sample

Wood¹,

King²,

Vidourek³

et al. 2019

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“…Truancy was considered to be a measure of low school connectedness, already reported in previous studies in association with drug-use vulnerability. Particularly, prospective evidence supporting the protective effects of school connectedness with respect to drug use has been previously obtained by other research groups [34]. The adolescents living and growing in low-resource settings who disliked school were already known to be at a greater risk of adult drug use [35].…”

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confidence: 92%

Socioeconomic Status, Parental Education, School Connectedness and Individual Socio-Cultural Resources in Vulnerability for Drug Use among Students

Gerra

Benedetti

Resce

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Background and Aims: Families who live in a disadvantaged socioeconomic situation frequently face substandard housing, unsafe neighborhoods, inadequate schools and more stress in their daily lives than more affluent families, with a host of psychological and developmental consequences that can hinder their children’s development in many ways. However, the measurement of socioeconomic status among youth and its link with different forms of illicit substance use is challenging and still unclear. This paper extends existing research on the relationship between socioeconomic status and illicit drug use among adolescents by focusing on three different patterns of use (experimental, episodic and frequent) and making use of two indicators to improve the measurement of individual socioeconomic characteristics in a big sample of European students. Methods: Data were drawn from the European school Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs (ESPAD), which, since 1995, collects comparable data among 15-to-16-year-old students to monitor trends in drug use and other risk behaviors across Europe. The sample comes from 28 countries that participated in the 2015 data collection. The consumption of cannabis, cocaine and heroin are considered, and the related patterns are identified based on the frequency of use. Family characteristics at student level are defined through two dimensions: parental educational level and perceived socioeconomic status. Multivariate multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression was performed in order to measure the association between individual characteristics and vulnerability for drug use. Results: Some patterns of use, episodic and frequent in particular, were found strongly associated with a lower socioeconomic status and lower parental education. Conclusions: Our results suggest that drug policies should be combined with actions aimed at removing barriers to social inclusion that are attributable to the socioeconomic background of adolescents.

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“…2 Our study also showed that physically active Grade 12 students and Grade 12 students with higher levels of school connectedness were more likely to use alcohol and binge drink. While resilience frameworks have shown associations between measures of school connectedness and alcohol use behaviours among youth, 6,17,18 we hypothesize that such associations may show a nonlinear, U-shaped December 2013. Prevalence of mixing alcohol with energy drinks among Grade 12 students was below 30% in 2012 and steadily declined thereafter.…”

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confidence: 85%

Age at first alcohol use predicts current alcohol use, binge drinking and mixing of alcohol with energy drinks among Ontario Grade 12 students in the COMPASS study

Holligan

Battista

Groh

et al. 2019

Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can

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Introduction This study investigates the influence of age at first use of alcohol on current alcohol use and associated behaviours in a large sample of Canadian youth. Methods This descriptive-analytical study was conducted among Ontario Grade 12 students enrolled in the COMPASS Host Study between 2012 and 2017. We used generalized estimating equations (GEE) modelling to determine associations between age at first alcohol use and likelihood of current versus non-current alcohol use, binge drinking and mixing of alcohol with energy drinks among respondents. Results Students reporting an age at first alcohol use between ages 13 and 14 years were more likely to report current alcohol use versus non-current use (OR = 2.80, 95% CI: 2.26–3.45) and current binge drinking versus non-current binge drinking (OR = 3.22, 95% CI: 2.45–4.25) compared to students reporting first alcohol use at age 18 years or older. Students who started drinking at 8 years of age or younger were more likely to report current versus non-current alcohol use (OR = 3.54, 95% CI: 2.83–4.43), binge drinking (OR = 3.99, 95% CI: 2.97–5.37), and mixing of alcohol with energy drinks (OR = 2.26, 95% CI: 1.23–4.14), compared to students who started drinking at 18 years or older. Conclusion Starting to drink alcohol in the early teen years predicted current alcohol use, current binge drinking and mixing of alcohol with energy drinks when students were in Grade 12. Findings indicate a need for development of novel alcohol prevention efforts.

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The Protective Effects of School Connectedness on Substance Use and Physical Activity

Cited by 82 publications

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Negative School Experiences and Pain Reliever Misuse among a National Adolescent Sample

Negative School Experiences and Pain Reliever Misuse among a National Adolescent Sample

Socioeconomic Status, Parental Education, School Connectedness and Individual Socio-Cultural Resources in Vulnerability for Drug Use among Students

Age at first alcohol use predicts current alcohol use, binge drinking and mixing of alcohol with energy drinks among Ontario Grade 12 students in the COMPASS study

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