Alcoholism's Role In College Student Research

According to the International Journal of Prevention Medicine (2013) the highest proportion of people with alcohol disorders are between 18 and 29 years, an age bracket that includes the majority of enrolled college students. Alcohol use within the college student population continues to be pervasive and a major concern among researchers, parents, and university faculty today. Annually, approximately one out of every three emergency room visits are ages distributed among the college age bracket and are related to alcohol consumption, according to National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) as a result more than one thousand eight hundred deaths take place yearly. The use of alcohol is not only a concern for personal health reasons but as well as their ability to perform academically. Among the student body alcohol has become an integral part of higher education in which, the college environment only helps to exacerbate. College students are encouraged to participate in social environmental activities, yet alcohol is quite often a part of these …show more content…
Research has shown when analyzing academic performance, it is important to look at one’s academic history prior to achieving higher education at the university level; especially when measuring the association between alcohol and other substances (Paschall & Freistheler 2003). It is also recommended to look at one’s family history with alcohol abuse as well as their genetics. Studies have shown the relationship between alcohol consumption and academic performance to be correlated to pre-existing factors. Although alcohol consumption has been proven and documented to have an effect on one’s academic performance the relationship is not exactly clear as to how it exactly effects the population of college