TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescent Energy Drink Consumption and Academic Risk
T2 - Results From the Monitoring the Future Study, 2010–2016
AU - Leal, Wanda E.
AU - Jackson, Dylan B.
AU - Boccio, Cashen M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was partially supported by a Summer Faculty Research Fellowship from Texas A&M University–San Antonio.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Society for Public Health Education.
PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - Aims: The current study aims to examine the role of energy drink and energy shot consumption in school disengagement, low academic performance, and academic expectations, and investigates the robustness of these associations across sex, grade, race, and substance use history. Method: This study employs a pooled cross-sectional design and uses a nationally representative sample of 8th (ages 13–14 years) and 10th (ages 15–16 years) grade adolescents from seven recent cohorts (2010–2016) of the Monitoring the Future study. Logistic regression and negative binomial regression were employed to examine the association between energy drink and energy shot consumption and academic risk factors, controlling for sociodemographic factors and other health and social behaviors. Ancillary robustness checks across key subgroups in the data were also performed. Results: The results indicate that energy drink and energy shot consumers are significantly more likely to report all academic risk outcomes. Specifically, youth who heavily use energy drinks and shots have significantly higher odds of each of the academic risk outcomes relative to both less habitual users and nonusers. These patterns hold across subgroups, despite associations being somewhat stronger among females, younger participants, Whites, and youth with no substance use history. Conclusions: The current study suggests that energy drink consumption (particularly heavy consumption) may be an early warning sign of academic risk. It may be beneficial to limit adolescent energy drink consumption, provide early intervention for heavy adolescent consumers, and raise awareness of the dangers associated with their use.
AB - Aims: The current study aims to examine the role of energy drink and energy shot consumption in school disengagement, low academic performance, and academic expectations, and investigates the robustness of these associations across sex, grade, race, and substance use history. Method: This study employs a pooled cross-sectional design and uses a nationally representative sample of 8th (ages 13–14 years) and 10th (ages 15–16 years) grade adolescents from seven recent cohorts (2010–2016) of the Monitoring the Future study. Logistic regression and negative binomial regression were employed to examine the association between energy drink and energy shot consumption and academic risk factors, controlling for sociodemographic factors and other health and social behaviors. Ancillary robustness checks across key subgroups in the data were also performed. Results: The results indicate that energy drink and energy shot consumers are significantly more likely to report all academic risk outcomes. Specifically, youth who heavily use energy drinks and shots have significantly higher odds of each of the academic risk outcomes relative to both less habitual users and nonusers. These patterns hold across subgroups, despite associations being somewhat stronger among females, younger participants, Whites, and youth with no substance use history. Conclusions: The current study suggests that energy drink consumption (particularly heavy consumption) may be an early warning sign of academic risk. It may be beneficial to limit adolescent energy drink consumption, provide early intervention for heavy adolescent consumers, and raise awareness of the dangers associated with their use.
KW - academic expectations
KW - academic risk
KW - energy drinks
KW - energy shots
KW - school disengagement
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U2 - 10.1177/10901981211043118
DO - 10.1177/10901981211043118
M3 - Article
C2 - 34697949
AN - SCOPUS:85118250378
SN - 1090-1981
VL - 49
SP - 281
EP - 290
JO - Health Education and Behavior
JF - Health Education and Behavior
IS - 2
ER -