University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, USA.
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2021 Dec;50(12):2363-2373. doi: 10.1007/s10964-021-01503-2. Epub 2021 Sep 24.
Although prior studies have indicated athletic identity plays a role in alcohol use among college athletes, this research has largely drawn on a unidimensional conceptualization. Addressing this gap, the current study utilized a sample of 8,550 university athletes (M = 19.70 years, SD = 1.33, 50.8% men) from 203 U.S. post-secondary institutions to examine the associations between athletic identity dimensions (i.e., social identification, negative affectivity, and exclusivity) and alcohol use for athletes across gender, sport type, and division. The results indicated that negative affectivity and social identification were associated with higher levels of alcohol use, whereas exclusivity was associated with lower levels of alcohol use. Further, the association between dimensions of athletic identity and alcohol use varied across competitive level (i.e., Division I, II, and III). The findings implicate the need for (a) future research to approach athletic identity as a multidimensional concept when examining its association with alcohol use outcomes, and (b) post-secondary alcohol prevention professionals to integrate dimensions of athletic identity in alcohol prevention approaches.
尽管先前的研究表明，运动员身份在大学生运动员的饮酒行为中起作用，但这些研究在很大程度上是基于单一维度的概念化。为了解决这一差距，本研究利用了来自 203 所美国高等教育机构的 8550 名大学生运动员的样本（M=19.70 岁，SD=1.33，50.8%为男性），研究了运动员身份的维度（即社会认同、负性情感和排他性）与不同性别、运动类型和联赛的运动员饮酒之间的关系。结果表明，负性情感和社会认同与更高的饮酒水平相关，而排他性与更低的饮酒水平相关。此外，运动员身份维度与饮酒之间的关联因竞技水平（即一级、二级和三级联赛）而异。这些发现表明，未来的研究需要（a）在研究运动员身份与饮酒结果的关系时，将其视为一个多维概念，（b）高等教育酒精预防专业人员将运动员身份的维度纳入酒精预防方法中。
