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Alcohol‐Related Consequences Among Intercollegiate Student Athletes: The Role of Drinking Motives
Author(s) -
Doumas Diana M.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of addictions and offender counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2161-1874
pISSN - 1055-3835
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1874.2013.00014.x
Subject(s) - athletes , conformity , psychology , college athletics , alcohol , coping (psychology) , clinical psychology , social psychology , medicine , physical therapy , biochemistry , chemistry
This study examined drinking motives as predictors of alcohol‐related consequences among student athletes and nonathletes. Results indicated that the highest level of alcohol‐related consequences was reported by student athletes with high levels of both coping and conformity motives.