TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Alcohol use among college athletes: do intercollegiate, club, or intramural student athletes drink differently?
JO  - Substance use and misuse
A1  - Barry, Adam E.
A1  - Howell, Steven M.
A1  - Riplinger, Adam
A1  - Piazza-Gardner, Anna K.
SP  - 302
EP  - 307
VL  - 50
IS  - 3
N2  - BACKGROUND: Varsity student athletes are a high-risk drinking group, exhibiting a greater propensity to binge drink than their non-sport peers. Moreover, as intercollegiate athletic involvement increases, so too does alcohol consumption. There is little research, however, which examines drinking behaviors of students who participate in nonvarsity athletics. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: Identify differences in alcohol-related behaviors and associated consequences among U.S. varsity, club, and intramural athletes, and nonathlete college students. <br><br>METHODS: Secondary data analysis of the 2011 National College Health Assessment (n = 29,939). <br><br>RESULTS: Intramural athletes binge drank more frequently (M = 1.1, SD = 1.7) than club athletes (M = 1.0, SD = 1.6), intercollegiate athletes (M = 0.9, SD = 1.5), and nonathletes (M = 0.6, SD = 1.3) and also experienced greater alcohol-related consequences. Intramural athletes consumed the most during their last drinking episode (M = 4.1, SD = 4.0) and reached the highest blood alcohol concentration (BAC) (M = 0.062, SD = 0.09).Compared to club and varsity athletes [M = 0.8, SD = 1.4; t (8,131) = -9.6, p <.001], intramural-only athletes reported binge drinking significantly more frequently (M = 1.2, SD = 1.7) and also reached significantly higher BACs during most recent drinking episode (M = 0.064, SD = 0.08) than organized sport athletes [M = 0.057, SD = 0.08; t (8,050) = -3.0, p =.003]. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Intramural athletes represent a higher-risk drinking group than other athlete and nonathlete college students. Future research should investigate factors contributing to drinking differences among different athlete groups.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1082-6084
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2014.977398
ID  - ref1
ER  -