The use of drugs by teenagers for sanctuary and illusion

Levy, Norman J.

doi:10.1007/bf01873620

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“…Although some athletes may only use drugs during a crisis, the use of drugs during a crisis situation may start some individuals on the path to regular drug use or abuse. Support for the relationship between pressure and drug use was presented by Levy (1966), who discussed the turbulent adolescent period and claimed drug use was an attempt to escape anxiety.…”

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Psychological Factors Related to Drug Use in College Athletes

Evans¹

1992

The Sport Psychologist

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figures, references, 69 titles.The purpose of the present investigation was to compare the psychological factors related to drug use by college athletes on seven drug categories. A questionnaire was given to male and female Division I college athletes asking them about their use of drugs. The frequency, intensity and duration of use/non-use was used to divide subjects into high and low/nonuser categories. Dependent measures included the Profile of Mood States, Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory and questions assessing athlete stress. A multivariate analysis of variance(MANOVA) was conducted in a 2 x 2 (alcohol high/low, non-user x male/female) design to distinguish significant differences on the POMS and stress questions followed by univariate ANOVA's. A separate ANOVA was run on Coopersmith's Self-Esteem Inventory. Results indicated that high alcohol users scored significantly higher on anger, fatigue and vigor than low/non-users. Significant differences were found between males and females on the pressure felt from coaches to perform well.

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Psychological Factors Related to Drug Use in College Athletes

Evans¹

1992

The Sport Psychologist

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“…A detailed history will frequently show that, prior to the onset of dyssocial be haviour, there was an impending aware ness of the disparity between self-expect ation and performance, plus a growing intolerance for the discrepancy between the values, ideals and ethics inculcated by the care-taking institutions of society and the actual practices of that society. The dyssocial behaviour, be it dropping out of college or out of general society, into the subculture of the 'hippies' and drugs, is seen as an attempt to escape conscious knowledge of the inevitable disillusionment, disgust and depressionLevy speaks of the use of drugs for "sanctuary and illusion" (11). Those who cannot use such magical measures, or who realise the ultimate failure of such techniques of escape, are prone to express their anger and frustration di rectly at those institutions which sym bolize the society at fault -and perhaps such young people are the healthier ones.…”

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