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    Academic and Personal Problems Among Australian University Students Who Drink at Hazardous Levels: Web-Based Survey

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    Authors
    Hallett, Jonathan
    Howat, Peter
    McManus, Alexandra
    Meng, R.
    Maycock, Bruce
    Kypri, K.
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Hallett, J. and Howat, P. and McManus, A. and Meng, R. and Maycock, B. and Kypri, K. 2013. Academic and Personal Problems Among Australian University Students Who Drink at Hazardous Levels: Web-Based Survey. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 24 (3): pp. 170-177.
    Source Title
    Health Promotion Journal of Australia
    DOI
    10.1071/HE13094
    ISSN
    1036-1073
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    NOTICE: This is the author’s version of a work in which changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27394
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Issue addressed: Australian university students consume large amounts of alcohol. There is little published information about personal and academic problems associated with this behaviour. We sought to estimate the prevalence, and identify variables associated with, alcohol-related problems among undergraduate hazardous drinkers. Methods: The control group members (942 undergraduates, 53.3% male, mean age 19.4 years) of an internet-based intervention trial, who scored 8 on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, completed two validated questionnaires about their experience of alcohol-related problems in the preceding 4 weeks. Regression models were used to identify associations between individual characteristics and alcohol-related problems. Results: One-quarter of participants had missed a class (25.6%) and/or had been unable to concentrate in class (25.7%), and 45% reported that their drinking had impacted negatively on their learning or grades. The most frequent non-academic problems were hangovers (74.8%), blackouts (44.8%), emotional outbursts (30.5%), vomiting (28.1%), arguments (20.2%) and drink-driving (23.2%).Male gender, lower age, being a smoker, being in the Faculty of Health (versus Humanities) and living in shared housing (versus with parents/guardians) were each associated with alcohol-related problems, whereas year of study had no association. Conclusions: There is a high prevalence of preventable alcohol-related problems among undergraduates drinking at hazardous levels and a need for restriction of the availability and promotion of alcohol as well as intervention for individuals at high risk. So what? Universities have a duty of care to large populations of young people drinking at hazardous levels and should make greater efforts to address hazardous alcohol consumption.

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