University of Houston
Impact of Alcohol Abuse on University Graduation Rate
After high school graduation, many students make the decision to attend college. With
help from the media, college has been made out to be a fantasy world of drinking and partying.
While some students drink in moderation, others have experienced the phenomenon of binge
drinking. This introduction of alcohol into the academic world threatens the very purpose of
attending an institution of higher learning. Researchers have assessed multinational
undergraduate students based on gender and liquor utilization. Information from men and women
in two gatherings (full-time and part-time students) demonstrated the pervasiveness of
consumers, previous consumers, and lifetime teetotalers; and the predominance of high–
recurrence, high-volume, and overwhelming roundabout drinking among current consumers.
Examinations inspected sexual orientation proportions for predominance rates and the bearing of
changes in commonness rates crosswise over age bunches. Of course, men still surpass ladies in
drinking and high-volume drinking, although gender proportions change. Better clarifications are
required to analyze the relationship between a student’s alcohol consumption and the effects
upon their graduation.
Previous research from LaBrie, Migliuri, Kenney, and Lac uncovered the relationship
between a family history of alcohol abuse and the increased likelihood of an offspring
developing a drinking problem of their own. The transition from high school to college was seen
as a risk factor of developing alcohol related problems. The outcome of the study aligned with
previous research. The students with a family history of alcohol abuse were at an increased risk
to consume alcoholic beverages. The team discovered that drinking was more pronounced in
males than females and “males were especially vulnerable to higher levels of alcohol
consumption” (LaBrie, Migliuri, Kenney & Lac, 722, 2010).
In a study conducted by Hatzenbuehler, Corbin, and Fromme investigated discrimination.
as a stress related issue among minority and LBGT groups. The results of the study determined
that “discrimination was associated cross-sectionally with negative affect and more coping
motives for drinking, but not with greater alcohol expectancies” (Hatzenbuehler, Corbin, &
Fromme, 217, 2011). Women, ethnic minorities, and the LBGT individuals were the mostly
victims to experience the negative affect and coping mechanisms seen with alcohol abuse due to
discrimination.
This next study by Fossos, Kaysen, Neighbors, Lindgren, and Hove assessed the
relationship between sexual coercion and alcohol abuse in college students. Previous research
