Year: 2011
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The present study examined the relationship between school attachment and alcohol use in rural communities to determine if students with high levels of school attachment were less likely to participate in alcohol use. Participants included 4,768 high schools students in the largest rural geographic educational region in the state of Illinois. The students participated in a program called I Sing the Body Electric and completed a survey which asked questions including how well students are attached to their school and alcohol use. Chi square goodness of fit tests were used to analyze student's reporting of school attachment, how old they were when they began drinking alcohol, on how many of the past 30 days they had at least one drink of alcohol or 5 or more drinks of alcohol in a row. The results indicated that the majority of the students who reported feeling a sense of attachment to their school are also those students who reported little or no alcohol consumption.
Author: Michelle L. Weiler
Institution: Eastern Illinois University
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Strong
OpenAlex ID: W1563343531