University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave, West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada.
University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave, West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada.
Addict Behav. 2021 Jul;118:106882. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106882. Epub 2021 Feb 26.
The negative effects of alcohol consumption on learning ability and intellectual development of youth may be recovered after cessation. This study explored to what extent reduction or complete cessation of alcohol consumption affects school performance of secondary school students.
Alcohol use was self-reported by 37,223 grade 9-12 students attending 89 secondary schools across Ontario (n = 79) and Alberta (n = 10), Canada, participating in the COMPASS study over four years (school years 2013-14 to 2016-17). Measures included past-year frequency of drinking and frequency of binge drinking. A first-order autoregressive multinomial logistic regression was used to establish the impact of reduction or cessation of alcohol use on school performance.
During follow-up, 1465 (6.4%) reductions and 1903 (8.3%) cessations in alcohol consumption, and 1447 (10.1%) reductions and 2147 (14.9%) cessations of binge drinking were reported. Male students reported more cessation in both drinking (9.7% male vs 7.1% female) and binge drinking (15.6% male vs 14.4% female), though female students had higher rates of reductions. Students who quit or reduced their drinking or binge drinking were less likely to skip classes, leave their homework incomplete, or expect to get or to aspire to educational qualifications above a high school diploma compared to those who continued their alcohol use.
Aside from health benefits, reduction or cessation of alcohol use may improve students' academic rigor. Prioritising school-based alcohol prevention efforts may therefore be beneficial for aspects of academic performance.
饮酒对青少年学习能力和智力发展的负面影响可能在停止饮酒后恢复。本研究探讨了减少或完全停止饮酒对中学生学业成绩的影响程度。
加拿大安大略省和艾伯塔省 89 所中学的 37223 名 9-12 年级学生（安大略省 n=79，艾伯塔省 n=10）参加了 COMPASS 研究，在四年（2013-14 学年至 2016-17 学年）期间通过自我报告的方式报告了饮酒情况。测量包括过去一年的饮酒频率和狂饮频率。采用一阶自回归多项逻辑回归来确定减少或停止饮酒对学业成绩的影响。
在随访期间，报告了 1465 例（6.4%）饮酒量减少和 1903 例（8.3%）饮酒量完全停止，以及 1447 例（10.1%）狂饮量减少和 2147 例（14.9%）狂饮量完全停止。男性学生在饮酒（9.7%男性对 7.1%女性）和狂饮（15.6%男性对 14.4%女性）方面报告的停止人数更多，但女性学生的减少人数更多。与继续饮酒的学生相比，那些停止或减少饮酒或狂饮的学生，逃课、未完成家庭作业或期望获得或渴望获得高于高中文凭的教育资格的可能性较小。
除了健康益处外，减少或停止饮酒可能会提高学生的学术严谨性。因此，优先考虑基于学校的酒精预防工作可能对学术表现的各个方面都有益。
