The Longitudinal Effects of Age of Alcohol Initiation on School Outcomes

IF 2 3区社会学 Q2 SOCIAL ISSUES

Youth & Society Pub Date : 2021-08-18 DOI:10.1177/0044118X211038970

S. Tomek, Lisa M. Hooper, W. Schneider, A. Bolland, Mitch Porter, Egemen Gun, J. Bolland

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Abstract

Previous research has demonstrated initiation of alcohol during adolescence has a negative effect on both school attendance and missed instruction due to behavior. Utilizing longitudinal data comprised of primarily Black American youth between ages 11 and 18 (N = 931), both the short-term and long-term effects of alcohol initiation were analyzed using a piecewise growth curve model. Results indicated that alcohol initiation negatively impacted school absences, but this effect was unique and independent of the age at which alcohol was initiated. The number of days of missed instruction due to school violations was also negatively impacted, but the effect was found to be more detrimental to those youth initiating alcohol at a younger age. By age 18, early alcohol initiators had a significantly greater number of days of missed instruction due to school violations, yet did not differ in the number of school absences. Implications of the results are discussed.

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开始饮酒年龄对学业成绩的纵向影响

先前的研究表明，在青春期开始饮酒对出勤率和由于行为原因而缺课都有负面影响。利用主要由11至18岁的美国黑人青年组成的纵向数据(N = 931)，使用分段增长曲线模型分析了酒精起始的短期和长期影响。结果表明，酒精开始对学校缺勤产生负面影响，但这种影响是独特的，与酒精开始的年龄无关。由于违反学校规定而缺课的天数也受到负面影响，但研究发现，这种影响对那些在较年轻时开始饮酒的青少年更为有害。到18岁时，早期酗酒者因违反学校规定而缺课的天数明显增加，但缺课的数量没有差异。讨论了研究结果的意义。

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