INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORTS PARTICIPATION AND NON-MEDICAL DRUG-USE

  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 33  (3) , 23-27
Abstract
This study determined if participation in a competitive intercollegiate sports program would modify the non-medical drug and substance-use behavior patterns of the participants as compared with their non-athletic counterparts. Intercollegiate swimmers (67) and members of varsity swim teams at 6 American universities comprised the athlete population and were compared with 678 non-athletic undergraduates. A chi-square analysis of the data indicated no significant difference between athlete and non-athlete with respect to the most commonly used mood-modifying drugs. There was also no significant difference in drug-use behavior between male and female athletes with respect to non-medical use of the common mood-modifying drugs although there was a significant difference between male and female athletes with respect to anabolic steroid use. A level of significance at the 0.05 level of confidence indicated male athletes more likely to use anabolic steroids than female athletes.

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