Hazardous drinking by first-year college-athletes: The differential roles of drinking motives, alcohol consequences, and season status
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Muhsin Michael Orsini, AP Assistant Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program (Creator)
- Jeffrey John Milroy, Associate Director (Contributor)
- David L. Wyrick, Associate Professor (Contributor)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: College student-athletes and first-year students are two undergraduate populations at risk for heavy-episodic drinking and alcohol-related negative consequences. In this study, 63 (56% female, 62% Caucasian) first-year student-athletes completed a preliminary questionnaire assessing demographic characteristics, athlete-specific drinking motives, alcohol-related negative consequences, and season status. Scores of five or more on the ,4 UDIT-C defined the at-risk subsample. Participants who met the criteria for hazardous drinking (n = 19) reported higher levels of alcohol-related negative consequences and drinking motives. A logistic regression, with these variables, successfully distinguished between the two groups. Sport-related coping2, and positive reinforcement drinking motives, emerged as the most robust predictors of hazardous drinking. Implications for screening, prevention, and brief intervention strategies for first-year student-athletes are discussed.
Hazardous drinking by first-year college-athletes: The differential roles of drinking motives, alcohol consequences, and season status
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- Publication
- Language: English
- Date: 2013
- Keywords
- college student-athlete, First-year student, drinking motives, alcohol use