title: Hazardous drinking in elite New Zealand sportspeople.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the link between hazardous drinking and level of sport participation in New Zealand.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sports science and general university students (n = 427) completed a sporting profile questionnaire that included the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Elite sportspeople (both provincial and international/country level) reported higher rates of hazardous drinking than non-sportspeople and non-elite sportspeople. Similar differences were observed in AUDIT subscale scores, with international/country level sportspeople reporting greater symptoms of dependence than other groups.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. kobrien@psy.otago.ac.nz
authors.forename: Kerry S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: Joshua M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Blackie
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hunter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D013177:Sports; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires