High-Risk Drinking in College Athletes and Nonathletes Across the Academic Year

This study compared heavy drinking and alcohol‐related consequences between freshman student‐athletes (n = 137) and nonathletes (n = 318). Differences in high‐risk drinking between the fall and spring terms were also examined. Results indicated that student‐athletes reported heavier drinking and hig...

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Published inJournal of college counseling Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 163 - 174
Main Authors Doumas, Diana M., Turrisi, Rob, Coll, Kenneth M., Haralson, Kate
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 22.09.2007
American Counseling Association
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Subjects
Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol and youth
Athletes
Behavior
College athletes
College Athletics
College Freshmen
Comparative Analysis
Counseling
Health Behavior
Juvenile drinking
Prevention
United States
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Summary:This study compared heavy drinking and alcohol‐related consequences between freshman student‐athletes (n = 137) and nonathletes (n = 318). Differences in high‐risk drinking between the fall and spring terms were also examined. Results indicated that student‐athletes reported heavier drinking and higher levels of alcohol‐related consequences than did nonathletes. In addition, student‐athletes reported the highest levels of drinking and alcohol‐related consequences in the spring term. Implications for college counseling prevention programming are discussed.
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ArticleID:JOCC16
istex:200ADB317FE1C92DB1B3C2364F8D9390C0BF1282
ISSN:1099-0399
2161-1882
DOI:10.1002/j.2161-1882.2007.tb00016.x