Hazardous drinking in elite New Zealand sportspeople.
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.
O'Brien
Kerry S
KS
Psychology Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. kobrien@psy.otago.ac.nz
Blackie
Joshua M
JM
Hunter
John A
JA
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