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SUBSTANCE USE AND ABUSE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS:

SUBSTANCE USE AND ABUSE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS:. A Quantitative Analysis of Survey Results.

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SUBSTANCE USE AND ABUSE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS:

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  1. SUBSTANCE USE AND ABUSEAMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS: A Quantitative Analysis of Survey Results

  2. Survey Designed by Russell K. Schutt, Ph.D.and students in his Graduate Research Methods seminar, Fall, 1996, with the assistance of Xiaogang Deng, Gerald R. Garrett, Stephanie Hartwell, Sylvia Mignon, Joseph Bebo, Matthew O’Neill Mary Aruda, Pat Duynstee, Pam DiNapoli, Helen Reiskin Funded by University Health Services, University of Massachusetts Boston

  3. Methodology • Disproportionate stratified random sample of 875 students from University of Massachusetts, Boston roster • 217-218 each: Fr., So., Jr. Sr., undergrad population = 8,918. • Anonymous mailed questionnaires, with response postcard. • 3 followup mailings, reminder phone calls. • 752 with correct address; 24 refused to participate. • 482 returned questionnaires (55% of original sample; 65% of correct addresses)

  4. Binge Drinking Binge drinking is defined here by 4+drinks in a row (many researchers set the standard for men as 5+ drinks in a row). Using this standard, two-thirds never binged.

  5. Binging by Gender In three different studies, men binge more than women. Binging is less common at UMass Boston, an urban commuter school.

  6. Use of Alcohol & Illicit Drugs Alcohol is used much more than marijuana, which is in turn used less often than cocaine.

  7. Friends’ Use of Alcohol, Drugs Ratings of friends’ use of illicit substances is higher than rating of own use.

  8. Use in 1989 & 1996 Alcohol and drug use declined little between 1989 and 1996.

  9. Mean Substance Use Effects by Gender • What do YOU find here? • Men report more positive effects than women • Women report more negative effects than men • In total, there are as many positive as negative effects reported

  10. Positive Substance Abuse Effects by Gender Mean positive effects of alcohol use were higher for male students than for female students, but the medians were identical. What does this suggest? Note that the standard deviation for men is also higher.

  11. Alcohol Use by Gender Do male students report drinking more frequently than do female students?? How do you interpret the difference? *Does not to 100 due to rounding error

  12. Frequency of Drinking by Race How does drinking frequency vary with race? How can you explain the differences? *Does not to 100 due to rounding error

  13. Correlations: Age with Substance Use Does substance use vary with age? Does the relationship vary by substance? What is your interpretation?

  14. Concluding Questions • Which statistics were most helpful for describing the sample? • Which statistics were difficult to understand? • When is crosstabulation appropriate? • What is correlation analysis appropriate? • What displays would you change to enhance clarity?

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