title: Campus involvement, perceived campus connection, and alcohol use in college athletes.
abstract: This research study examined the relationship of college athletes' levels of campus involvement and campus connection to their alcohol use. A survey measuring alcohol use, campus involvement and campus connection was administered to 720 athletes at nine institutions. Participants who reported having 5 or more drinks on one occasion in the past two weeks had higher levels of campus connection than those who did not report that level of alcohol consumption; but, conversely these college athletes also reported lower levels of campus involvement. It is suggested that increasing campus involvement of college athletes could be an effective strategy to reduce high-risk alcohol use by college athletes and possibly even college students as a whole.
authors.affiliation: West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania 19383-2515, jbrenner@wcupa.edu
authors.forename: James W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Brenner
authors.forename: Stacie M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Metz
authors.forename: Christina J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Brenner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D056352:Athletes / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D044469:Racial Groups; D012931:Social Environment; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*