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ERIC Number: EJ1472610
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
EISSN: EISSN-1940-3208
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Binge Drinking and Smoking Are Associated with Worse Academic Performance in Canadian Undergraduate Students
Beverly D. Schwartz1; Liam P. Pellerine1; Nick W. Bray2; Jonathon R. Fowles3; Joyla A. Furlano4; Anisa Morava5; Taniya S. Nagpal6; Myles W. O'Brien7,8
Journal of American College Health, v73 n2 p684-690 2025
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[female gender symbol]) 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 ([beta]= -4.00, p < 0.001) and binge drinking ([beta]= -1.98, p = 0.002) were independent predictors of grades (average: 84 ± 8%). Binge drinking partially mediated the relationships between smoking (indirect effect [beta]= -1.19, 95%CI [-2.49, -0.08] and fast-food consumption (indirect effect: [beta]= -0.75, 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.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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Author Affiliations: 1Division of Kinesiology, School of Health and Human Performance, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; 2Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; 3Centre of Lifestyle Studies, School of Kinesiology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada; 4Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada; 5School of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada; 6Faculty of Kinesiology Sport and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; 7School of Physiotherapy (Faculty of Health) & Department of Medicine (Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; 8Geriatric Medicine Research, Dalhousie University & Nova Scotia Health, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada