Binge drinking among college athletes and non-athletes

    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

    Language

    English

    First Page

    275

    Last Page

    293

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000254298300004

    ISSN

    0163-9625

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