Examining Drinking Patterns and High-Risk Drinking Environments Among College Athletes at Different Competition Levels

Overview

Journal J Drug Educ

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialties Medical Education
Psychiatry

Date 2015 Mar 14

PMID 25767148

Citations 2

Authors

Miesha Marzell

Christopher Morrison

Christina Mair

Stefanie Moynihan

Paul J Gruenewald

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Abstract

This study examined drinking patterns of three different college student groups: (a) intercollegiate athletes, (b) intramural/club athletes, and (c) nonathletes. Additionally, we investigated whether a relationship exists between drinking setting and risk of increased drinking. We analyzed data on the athletic involvement, drinking behaviors, and drinking settings of 16,745 undergraduate students. The findings revealed that drinking patterns for intramural/club athletes remained relatively consistent at all quantity levels; however, intercollegiate athletes consumed alcohol in higher quantities. Further, intramural/club athletes drank in almost every drinking setting, whereas intercollegiate athletes were more limited. The drinking patterns and settings suggest a stronger social motivation for drinking among intramural/club athletes than among intercollegiate athletes and point to a need to specify competition level when studying college athletes.

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