Citation

Lester D. Percept. Mot. Skills 2014; 119(1): 38-41.

Affiliation

The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.2466/06.15.PMS.119c13z5

PMID

25153736

Abstract

A 1995 data set from a survey of college students carried out by the Centers for Disease Control was examined to explore whether participation in sports was associated with recent suicidal behavior. Overall, participation in college sports was associated with a reduced incidence of suicidal ideation in the past year, but had no association with attempted suicide in the past year. However, this protective effect was found for European American students, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans, but not for African Americans, and was stronger for male students than for female students.

Language: en