Graduate Program

School Psychology

Degree Name

Specialist in School Psychology

Semester of Degree Completion

2011

Thesis Director

Kristin Johnson-Gros

Thesis Committee Member

Linda Leal

Thesis Committee Member

Marjorie Hanft-Martone

Abstract

The present study examined the relationship between school attachment and alcohol use in rural communities to determine if students with high levels of school attachment were less likely to participate in alcohol use. Participants included 4,768 high schools students in the largest rural geographic educational region in the state of Illinois. The students participated in a program called I Sing the Body Electric and completed a survey which asked questions including how well students are attached to their school and alcohol use. Chi square goodness of fit tests were used to analyze student's reporting of school attachment, how old they were when they began drinking alcohol, on how many of the past 30 days they had at least one drink of alcohol or 5 or more drinks of alcohol in a row. The results indicated that the majority of the students who reported feeling a sense of attachment to their school are also those students who reported little or no alcohol consumption.

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