Wired: energy drinks, jock identity, masculine norms, and risk taking
1University at Buffalo, Research Institute on Addictions, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA. kmiller@ria.buffalo.edu
Objective:
The author examined gendered links among sport-related identity, endorsement of conventional masculine norms, risk taking, and energy-drink consumption.
Participants:
The author surveyed 795 undergraduate students enrolled in introductory-level courses at a public university.
Methods:
The author conducted linear regression analyses of energy-drink consumption frequencies on sociodemographic characteristics, jock identity, masculine norms, and risk-taking behavior.
Results:
Of participants, 39% consumed an energy drink in the past month, with more frequent use by men (2.49 d/month) than by women (1.22 d/month). Strength of jock identity was positively associated with frequency of energy-drink consumption; this relationship was mediated by both masculine norms and risk-taking behavior.
Conclusions:
Sport-related identity, masculinity, and risk taking are components of the emerging portrait of a toxic jock identity, which may signal an elevated risk for health-compromising behaviors. College undergraduates' frequent consumption of Red Bull and comparable energy drinks should be recognized as a potential predictor of toxic jock identity.
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