TY - JOUR
T1 - Athletic status and drinking behavior in college students
T2 - The influence of gender and coping styles
AU - Wilson, Gregory S.
AU - Pritchard, Mary E.
AU - Schaffer, Jamie
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - College students' alcohol use as well documented, and published studies have indicated that athletes drink more frequently and more often to the stage of intoxication than do nonathletes. Some researchers have cited sociological factors to explain these behaviors, but neither the underlying emotional factors that drive students' alcohol use nor the interaction of gender and athletic status have been examined. The authors' twofold purpose in conducting this study was (1) to examine the influence of the interaction of gender and athletic status on the drinking behaviors of college students, and (2) to examine whether differences in male and female athletes' and nonathletes' coping styles influenced their drinking behaviors.
AB - College students' alcohol use as well documented, and published studies have indicated that athletes drink more frequently and more often to the stage of intoxication than do nonathletes. Some researchers have cited sociological factors to explain these behaviors, but neither the underlying emotional factors that drive students' alcohol use nor the interaction of gender and athletic status have been examined. The authors' twofold purpose in conducting this study was (1) to examine the influence of the interaction of gender and athletic status on the drinking behaviors of college students, and (2) to examine whether differences in male and female athletes' and nonathletes' coping styles influenced their drinking behaviors.
KW - Alcohol
KW - Collegiate athletes
KW - Coping styles
KW - Gender
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=2442458947&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3200/jach.52.6.269-275
DO - 10.3200/jach.52.6.269-275
M3 - Article
C2 - 15134101
AN - SCOPUS:2442458947
SN - 0744-8481
VL - 52
SP - 269
EP - 275
JO - Journal of American College Health
JF - Journal of American College Health
IS - 6
ER -