Along with the positive benefits of sports participation, there are several stressors that can
contribute to an athlete's desire to drink. Some of these include a continual increase in the …

This manuscript seeks to offer insight about how coaches can better address drinking
among collegiate student-athletes. Using a mixed-methods design, 519 NCAA coaches …

Sport is considered a positive, health enhancing lifestyle choice. However, there is
considerable evidence that many athletes, particularly those at university, engage in harmful …

Objective: Alcohol use (and adverse consequences due to alcohol use) among college
student-athletes is a common occurrence and consequently garners attention as a health …

Purpose This study examines heavy episodic alcohol consumption and associated harms in
collegiate athletes in the United States. The factors which may promote or deter such use …

Intercollegiate athlete alcohol use, particularly in softball athletes, is higher compared to
nonathletes and they experience greater alcohol-related consequences. Motivation to drink …

Abstract Universities across the United States have reported consistently high rates of
alcohol use and abuse among students during the past 20 years. The college student …

American student-athletes (SAs) are at heightened risk for hazardous alcohol consumption
compared with their nonathlete peers. However, little is known about this risk or the …

Collegiate student-athletes have been identified as an especially at-risk subgroup for heavy
alcohol use as compared to the general college student population. Despite the intense …

There is compelling evidence that college student athletes engage in frequent episodes of
heavy drinking and are prone to negative consequences resulting from such use. This study …