Participation in Team Sports and Alcohol and Marijuana Use Initiation Trajectories
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A parallel-process latent growth curve model was used to model alcohol and marijuana use (vs. nonuse). Participation in team sports and gender were considered to be time-invariant covariates. The sample consisted of 8,179 youth from the National Survey of Parents and Youth. Data were collected over four yearly rounds. Analysis revealed that being part of a competitive sports team was related to a lower probability of marijuana initiation, but to increased rates of alcohol use over time. Males had significantly higher levels of marijuana initiation and decreases in rates of alcohol use over time; females had significantly greater rate of increase in alcohol use over time. Analysis suggests that youth involved in sports are less likely to use marijuana over time. This information may help to uncover other predictors of use over time and to inform policy making as well design as effective prevention.
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Males who participate in sports are less likely to smoke cigarettes and use marijuana, less likely to use cocaine and other illicit drugs, and are more likely to drink alcohol than males who do not participate in organized sports.
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- Authors
- Lisha, N. E., Crano, W. D., & Delucchi, K. L.
- Affiliations
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Claremont Graduate University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Drug Issues
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2014-01
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 83-93
- ISSN
- 0022-0426 (ISSN-L)
- 1945-1369
- PMC
- PMC4654460
- OpenAlex
- W2322407259
- Cited by
- 34
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 4 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 0.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Drug Issues (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA030490, P50DA009253, T32DA007250)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Youth Development and Social Support
- Social Sciences › Demography › Youth, Drugs, and Violence
- Keywords
- team sports participation, alcohol consumption, cannabis use, substance use initiation, adolescent substance use, gender differences, competitive sports, substance use trajectories
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