Title

Binge drinking among college athletes and non-athletes

Authors

Authors

R. Tewksbury; G. E. Higgins;E. E. Mustaine

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Deviant Behav.

Keywords

HARVARD-SCHOOL; ALCOHOL; STUDENTS; HEALTH; VICTIMIZATION; CONSEQUENCES; INVOLVEMENT; BEHAVIORS; REGRESSION; WOMEN; Criminology & Penology; Psychology, Social; Sociology

Abstract

Concerns about incidence, forms, and consequences of alcohol use among college students lack examinations of the lifestyles and predictors of college student athletes. This article, using a sample of student-athletes and non-athletes from four Southern universities, identifies the lifestyle predictors for each population, identifying patterns and sets of predictors of binge drinking behavior. Findings indicate that for both samples, binge drinking behavior is explained by sex, drinking in bars, number of male friends who drink, and cigarette smoking. Student-athletes' binge drinking is explained further by residing on campus. Non-athlete binge drinking is related to race and amount of study time per week. Implications for these findings are also discussed.

Journal Title

Deviant Behavior

Volume

29

Issue/Number

3

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01639620701588040

Language

English

First Page

275

Last Page

293

WOS Identifier

WOS:000254298300004

ISSN

0163-9625

Recommended Citation

"Binge drinking among college athletes and non-athletes" (2008). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 1052.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/1052