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Athletic status and drinking behavior in college students: the influence of gender and coping styles
Gregory S Wilson1, Mary E Pritchard, Jamie Schaffer
1Department of Human Kinetics & Sport Studies, University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana 47722, USA. gw3@evansville.edu
Abstract:
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.
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