Binge drinking and smoking are associated with worse academic performance in Canadian undergraduate students.

Autor: Schwartz BD; Division of Kinesiology, School of Health and Human Performance, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada., Pellerine LP; Division of Kinesiology, School of Health and Human Performance, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada., Bray NW; Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada., Fowles JR; Centre of Lifestyle Studies, School of Kinesiology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada., Furlano JA; Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada., Morava A; School of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada., Nagpal TS; Faculty of Kinesiology Sport and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada., O'Brien MW; School of Physiotherapy (Faculty of Health) & Department of Medicine (Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.; Geriatric Medicine Research, Dalhousie University & Nova Scotia Health, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of American college health : J of ACH [J Am Coll Health] 2023 Jul 18, pp. 1-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 18.
DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2023.2232871
Abstrakt: Objective: Test the hypothesis that smoking, fast-food consumption, and binge drinking were negatively associated with academic performance in Canadian undergraduate students.
Participants: Undergraduate students across Canada [ n  = 411 (335♀) aged: 22 ± 4 years] completed a questionnaire regarding their lifestyle behaviors and academic grades.
Methods: Relationships between lifestyle behaviors and academic performance were assessed via covariate-adjusted multiple regressions. Mediation models were used to test whether significant relationships between smoking/fast-food and grades were explained by binge drinking.
Results: Smoking ( β = -4.00, p  < .001) and binge drinking ( β = -1.98, p  = .002) were independent predictors of grades (average: 84 ± 8%). Binge drinking partially mediated the relationships between smoking (indirect effect β = -1.19, 95%CI [-2.49, -0.08] and fast-food consumption (indirect effect: β = -.75, 95%CI [-1.20, -0.29]), with grades.
Conclusions: These findings highlight the negative influence of binge drinking, smoking, and fast-food consumption on academic success, with binge drinking as a partial mediator of these relationships.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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