1. Racial, ethnic, and sex differences in heavy drinking and negative alcohol-related consequences in a national sample of NCAA student-athlete drinkers.
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Zamboanga, Byron L., Merrill, Jennifer E., Olthuis, Janine V., Martin, Jessica L., Cannon, Margeaux, Jarrell, Juliet T., Meca, Alan, Milroy, Jeffrey J., and Wyrick, David L.
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COLLEGE athletes , *ALCOHOLISM , *ALCOHOL-induced disorders , *RACE , *ATHLETES , *REGRESSION analysis , *SEX distribution , *RISK assessment , *COMPARATIVE studies , *ALCOHOL drinking , *PSYCHOSOCIAL factors , *UNIVERSITIES & colleges , *HEALTH behavior , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *STUDENT attitudes , *ALCOHOL drinking in college , *DISEASE risk factors - Abstract
Objective: Athletic involvement is linked to increased risk for heavy alcohol use among college students. We examined whether student-athletes from diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds differ with respect to heavy drinking and related consequences. Method: Participants were 15,135 student-athlete drinkers (50.7% female) from 170 NCAA member institutions who participated in an online study. Results: Findings from our hierarchical linear models indicated that being a male student-athlete was associated with an increased likelihood of high intensity drinking (10/8 + drinks/per sitting for males/females) for White, Asian American/Pacific Islander, and Black student-athletes, but not for Hispanic student-athletes. Additionally, being a female student-athlete was associated with higher levels of negative alcohol-related consequences across all racial/ethnic groups. Finally, at similar drink quantities, compared to being a White student-athlete, being an Asian American/Pacific Islander student-athlete was associated with higher levels of alcohol-related consequences. Conclusions: Student-athlete drinkers are not homogeneous with respect to heavy drinking and related consequences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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