@article{ref1,
title="Relevance of athlete-specific psychosocial factors in high school student-athlete alcohol consumption",
journal="Substance use and misuse",
year="2020",
author="Olthuis, Janine V. and Zamboanga, Byron L. and Perrotte, Jessica K. and McAulay, Taylor",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Research suggests that adolescent student-athletes are at heightened risk for alcohol consumption. The identification of unique, modifiable risk factors  for alcohol use in this population is needed. <br><br>PURPOSE/Objectives: Building on  previous work highlighting the importance of each of athlete-specific drinking  motives and alcohol expectancies, this study investigated whether athlete-specific  psychosocial predictors optimize our ability to predict adolescent athlete alcohol  consumption after accounting for general psychosocial predictors. <br><br>METHODS:  Participants were 352 current high school student-athletes who completed a  self-report questionnaire about their alcohol use attitudes, behaviors, and  cognitions. <br><br>RESULTS: Hierarchical regression revealed that among the total sample,  gender, class year, liquid courage/sociability, sexuality, and negative alcohol  expectancies, and negative athletic-functioning alcohol expectancies predicted  alcohol consumption. Among lifetime drinkers, gender, class year, enhancement  motives, conformity motives (negative), negative athlete-functioning alcohol  expectancies, and sport-related coping motives predicted alcohol consumption. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS/Importance: Negative athletic-functioning alcohol expectancies and  sport-related coping motives emerged as important, athlete-specific predictors of  adolescent athlete alcohol use. These factors provide important opportunities for  targeted prevention efforts.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1082-6084",
doi="10.1080/10826084.2020.1861629",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2020.1861629"
}