Alcohol Use among College Athletes: Do Intercollegiate, Club, or Intramural Student Athletes Drink Differently?

Barry, Adam E.; Howell, Steven M.; Riplinger, Adam; Piazza-Gardner, Anna K.

doi:10.3109/10826084.2014.977398

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“…There were significant subgroup differences in SAM use patterns that were consistent with prior work showing greater use by male and white students in both the alcohol (Gardner et al., ; Lewis and Neighbors, ; O'Malley and Johnston, ) and marijuana (Lee et al., ; Suerken et al., ) literature. Likewise, tests of campus group differences in SAM use revealed greater use by Greek members and by intramural/club (but not varsity) athletes, consistent with studies on heavy drinking (e.g., Barry et al., ; Larimer et al., , respectively). Notably, these subgroup differences were evident even adjusting for frequency of alcohol use and marijuana use.…”

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Simultaneous Alcohol and Marijuana Use Among College Students: Patterns, Correlates, Norms, and Consequences

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Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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Background: Alcohol and marijuana users often engage in simultaneous alcohol and marijuana (SAM) use (i.e., using the 2 substances together so that their effects overlap), which can result in more negative consequences than using either substance alone. Nevertheless, little is known about SAM use among contemporary college students to aid in the development of preventive interventions. This study examined SAM use patterns, demographic correlates of SAM use, and normative influences on SAM use and related negative consequences among college students.Methods: Students who had used alcohol and marijuana in the past year were recruited from 3 state universities in states with different laws regarding recreational marijuana use (N = 1,389). They completed an online survey, which assessed their own alcohol, marijuana, and SAM use and related consequences, their perceptions of the proportion of same-gender peers and close friends who engaged in SAM use, marijuana access, and demographic characteristics.Results: About three-fourths of participants reported at least 1 occasion of SAM use in the past year with an average frequency of twice per month among SAM users. There were significant differences in SAM use prevalence and frequency by sociodemographic characteristics controlling for pastyear alcohol and marijuana frequency. Students in a state with decriminalized recreational marijuana use reported higher frequency of past-year SAM use than students in states with legalized or criminalized use. There were significant demographic differences in perceived norms regarding SAM use among close friends and same-gender peers. SAM users endorsed significantly higher perceived peer and friend norms than nonusers. Also, higher perceived norms predicted more frequent SAM use and more negative consequences of use.Conclusions: Results indicate a need for prevention programs on college campuses that address SAM use. Interventions that use personalized normative feedback may be effective.

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Simultaneous Alcohol and Marijuana Use Among College Students: Patterns, Correlates, Norms, and Consequences

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Fossos-Wong

et al. 2019

Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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“…Using indirect comparisons among US collegiate athletes and non-athletes, athletes across all sports report annual use of alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, amphetamines, anabolic–androgenic steroids, cocaine, ecstasy and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) at lower rates than their non-athlete peers 439 465 466. However, in the recent NCAA study (2018) and older US studies that included comparison groups,432 434 448 467–472 collegiate athletes (especially white males) in lacrosse, ice hockey, swimming, baseball and wrestling use more spit tobacco473 and report higher rates of binge drinking and alcohol related problems than non-athletes. Female collegiate athletes in ice hockey, lacrosse and swimming binge drink at higher rates than non-athletes, while women ice hockey players use spit tobacco far more often than non-athletes 473.…”

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Mental health in elite athletes: International Olympic Committee consensus statement (2019)

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Mental health symptoms and disorders are common among elite athletes, may have sport related manifestations within this population and impair performance. Mental health cannot be separated from physical health, as evidenced by mental health symptoms and disorders increasing the risk of physical injury and delaying subsequent recovery. There are no evidence or consensus based guidelines for diagnosis and management of mental health symptoms and disorders in elite athletes. Diagnosis must differentiate character traits particular to elite athletes from psychosocial maladaptations.Management strategies should address all contributors to mental health symptoms and consider biopsychosocial factors relevant to athletes to maximise benefit and minimise harm. Management must involve both treatment of affected individual athletes and optimising environments in which all elite athletes train and compete. To advance a more standardised, evidence based approach to mental health symptoms and disorders in elite athletes, an International Olympic Committee Consensus Work Group critically evaluated the current state of science and provided recommendations.

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“… 2 According to data from the National College Health Assessment surveys, about 31% of male and 48% of female National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) student-athletes reported either depression or anxiety symptoms each year of the 2008 and 2012 academic years. 3 Evidence also shows that collegiate athletes are at risk for clinical or subclinical eating disorders, 4 , 5 substance abuse, 6 gambling addictions, 7 sleep disturbances, mood disorders, and even suicide. 3 To address increasing concern regarding athletes' mental health, the Association for Applied Sports Psychology (AASP) and the NCAA Sports Science Institute both called for more research studies focused on improving collegiate athletes' mental health and overall well-being.…”

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Collegiate athletes' mental health services utilization: A systematic review of conceptualizations, operationalizations, facilitators, and barriers

Moreland

Coxe

Yang

2018

Journal of Sport and Health Science

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BackgroundWhile mental health among collegiate athletes is receiving increased attention, research on factors surrounding collegiate athletes' decision to seek mental health services is limited. The goal of the present review was to analyze and synthesize the current literature concerning collegiate athletes' utilization of mental health services, including the facilitators of and barriers to use of these services.MethodsThe analysis was guided and organized using a socio-ecological framework, which considered the unique context in which collegiate athletes study and perform. A total of 21 articles, published between 2005 and 2016, which concern U.S. collegiate athletes' mental health services utilization (MHSU) were selected and included for the final analysis. Conceptualizations and operationalizations of MHSU were compared and contrasted. Facilitators of and barriers to athletes MHSU were examined and summarized while appropriately considering the proximity of each factor (facilitator or barrier) to the athletes.ResultsResults showed variations in conceptualizations and operationalizations of MHSU in the articles analyzed, which made interpretation and cross comparison difficult. Collegiate athletes are willing to utilize mental health services, but gender, perceived stigma, peer norms—for athletes and coaches—plus service availability impact their MHSU.ConclusionKey stakeholders, administrators, and public health officials should partner to eliminate MHSU barriers, support facilitators, and generally empower collegiate athletes to actively manage their mental health.

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Alcohol Use among College Athletes: Do Intercollegiate, Club, or Intramural Student Athletes Drink Differently?

Abstract: Intramural athletes represent a higher-risk drinking group than other athlete and nonathlete college students. Future research should investigate factors contributing to drinking differences among different athlete groups.

Cited by 35 publications

References 19 publications

Simultaneous Alcohol and Marijuana Use Among College Students: Patterns, Correlates, Norms, and Consequences

Simultaneous Alcohol and Marijuana Use Among College Students: Patterns, Correlates, Norms, and Consequences

Mental health in elite athletes: International Olympic Committee consensus statement (2019)

Collegiate athletes' mental health services utilization: A systematic review of conceptualizations, operationalizations, facilitators, and barriers

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