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- Title
Alcohol and Marijuana Use among American High School Seniors: Empirical Associations with Competitive Sports Participation.
- Authors
Denham, Bryan E.
- Abstract
Drawing on data gathered from high-school seniors in the 2008 Monitoring the Future Study of American Youth (N = 2,063), this research examined the explanatory effects of competitive sports participation on alcohol consumption and marijuana use using race and noncompetitive exercise frequency as controls. Among males, competitive sports included baseball, basketball, football, soccer, track and field, and weightlifting, and among females, sports included softball, basketball, soccer, swimming and diving, track and field, and volleyball. White males reported greater alcohol consumption than Black and Hispanic respondents, with competitors in baseball, football and weightlifting consuming alcohol more frequently. The use of marijuana did not depend on race, but baseball players and weightlifters reported significantly more use. Among females, race differences did not emerge in ordinal regression models testing effects on alcohol consumption, but participants in every sport reported drinking alcohol more frequently. White female athletes also appeared to smoke marijuana more frequently. Overall, results suggested comparably strong effects for female sport environments while male behaviors varied by race, noncompetitive exercise frequency, and sports competition. Limitations of the study and recommendations for future research are offered.
- Subjects
HIGH school athletes; HIGH school seniors; MARIJUANA abuse; DRUG abuse in sports; SPORTS participation; SOCIOLOGY of sports; SUBSTANCE abuse
- Publication
Sociology of Sport Journal, 2011, Vol 28, Issue 3, p362
- ISSN
0741-1235
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/ssj.28.3.362