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ALCOHOLANDOTHERDRUGUSEAND LIFESATISFACTIONAMONG INTRAMURALSPORTPARTICIPANTS By ROBERTR.LINDSEY ADISSERTATIONPRESENTEDTOTHEGRADUATESCHOOL OFTHEUNIVERSITYOFFLORIDAINPARTIALFULFILLMENT OFTHEREQUIREMENTSFORTHEDEGREEOF DOCTOROFPHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITYOFFLORIDA 2000 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IwishtoexpressmydearestthankstoDr.W.WilliamChen,chairmanofmy dissertationcommittee.Hisguidanceduringthepastthreeyears,especiallyduringthe dissertationprocess,hasbeenvaluable.IwouldalsoliketoextendmyappreciationtoDr. JillVarnes,Dr.MilledgeMurphey,andDr.DavidMillerforservingasmembersofmy doctoralcommittee.Withouttheguidanceandassistanceofmycommittee.Iwouldhave neverbeenabletocompletethisdissertation.IwouldalsoliketothankDr.Steve Dorman,Dr.DeloresJames,DrSadieSanders,andDrSigFagerbergfortheirconstant encouragementandsupport. IwishtothankmymotherCarolynLindseyforherlifelongsupport Iwouldalso liketothankmyfamilyAuntAudreyEl-Amin,UncleRobertTemple,AuntJoyRumore, AuntLucilleSmalls,GrandmotherLindsey,andallofmycousins,teachers,andfriends fortheircontinuouslovethroughoutmyeducationalandprofessionalcareer.This dissertationisinmemoryofmygrandmotherAltheaRussellTemple,whoselove,support, andmemorywillneverbeforgotten. IwouldliketothankthegraduateteachingassistantsintheDepartmentofHealth ScienceEducationandDr.Fagerbergforallowingmetousetheirstudentsformystudy.I wouldalsoliketothanktheMcKnightFoundationforawardingtheMcKnightFellowship whichprovidedmethefinancialsupportwhilecompletingthePh.Ddegree. TABLEOFCONTENTS page ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ii LISTOFTABLES v ABSTRACT vii CHAPTERS 1 INTRODUCTION 1 ProblemStatement 7 PurposeoftheStudy 10 SignificanceoftheStudy 10 DelimitationsoftheStudy 11 LimitationsoftheStudy 11 Assumptions 12 Hypotheses 12 DefinitionofTerms 13 2 LITERATUREREVIEW 16 AlcoholandOtherDrugUsageamongCollegeStudents 17 ConsequencesofAlcoholandOtherDrugUse 24 ReasonsforUsingAlcoholandotherDrugsamong CollegeStudents 26 AlcoholandOtherDrugUsetoCopewithPressure 28 IntramuralandRecreationSportsasAlternativesforAlcohol andOtherDrugUse 29 ParticipationandMotivationFactorsin Intramural/RecreationalSports 31 RecreationSportsasaCopingMechanismforStressandAlcoholUse 35 AStptoirttudPearstTicoiwpaatridonaandndRHeeaaslotnhsyfBorehAalvcioohrolamUosnegaCmoolnlgegAethSlteutdeesnts... 3460 LifeSatisfaction 42 StudentSatisfactionandPerceptionsinRecreationalSports 45 LifeSatisfactionandAlcoholandOtherDrugUse 47 Summary 50 iii 3 METHODOLOGY 52 Subjects 52 Instruments 53 DataAnalysis 54 PilotTest 57 4 RESULTSANDDISCUSSION 58 SampleDemographics 58 Discussion 85 AlcoholUsebetweenIntramuralandNon-IntramuralSport Participants 85 OtherDrugUsebetweenIntramuralandNon-Intramural SportParticipants 87 ReasonsforAlcoholandOtherDrugUsebetweenIntramural AndNon-IntramuralSportParticipants 90 LifeSatisfactionbetweenIntramuralandNon-Intramural SportParticipants 91 RelationshipbetweenAlcoholandOtherDrugUseamong IntramuralSportParticipants 92 5 ASUNMDMRAERCYO,MFMIENNDDINAGTSI,OCNOSNCLUSIONS,IMPLICATIONS 97 Summary 97 Findings 100 Conclusions 103 IRmepcloimcmateinodnastions 110054 REFERENCES 107 APPENDICES A. SURVEYINSTRUMENT 117 B. UNIVERSITYOFFLORIDAIRBAPPROVAL 124 C. LETTERTOTEACHERS 126 D. SURVEYLETTERTOSTUDENTS 128 EF.. ITNHFAONRKMYEODUCOLENTSTEENRTTSOCRTIEPATCHERS 113302 BIOGRAPHICALSKETCH 133 8351 . LISTOFTABLES Table page 1 IntramuralandNon-IntramuralSportParticipationbyClassification 59 2 IntramuralandNon-IntramuralSportParticipationbyAge 60 3 IntramuralandNon-IntramuralSportParticipationbyEthnicity 61 4 IntramuralandNon-IntramuralSportParticipationbyGender 62 5 IntramuralandNon-IntramuralSportParticipationbyResidence.... 63 6 IntramuralandNon-IntramuralSportParticipationbyGPA 64 7 IntramuralandNon-IntramuralSportParticipationbyFraternity/Sorority 65 8 IntramuralLevelofParticipationbyHours 66 9 BingeDrinking 67 10 AverageNumberofDrinks 68 1 HowoftenhaveyouusedAlcohol 69 12 HowoftenhaveyouusedCigarettes 70 1 HowoftenhaveyouusedMarijuana 71 14 HowoftenhaveyouusedInhalants 72 1 HowoftenhaveyouusedCocaine 73 16 Icnotnrsaemquureanlcsepsortparticipationfrequencyofalcoholordrug-related.. 74 17 Non-Intramuralsportparticipationfrequencyofalcoholordrug-related consequences 75 1 Reasonsforusingalcoholorotherdrugs 76 v Table page 19 LifeSatisfactionbetweenIntramuralandNon-Intramural SportParticipants 77 20 RelationshipbetweenBingeDrinkingandLifeSatisfactionamong IntramuralSportParticipants 78 21 RelationshipbetweenAverageNumberofDrinksandLifeSatisfaction amongIntramuralSportParticipants 79 22 RelationshipbetweenAlcoholUseandLifeSatisfactionamong IntramuralSportParticipants 80 23 RelationshipbetweenCigaretteUseandLifeSatisfactionamong IntramuralSportParticipants 81 24 RelationshipbetweenMarijuanaUseandLifeSatisfactionamong IntramuralSportParticipants 82 25 RelationshipbetweenCocaineUseandLifeSatisfactionamong IntramuralSportParticipants 83 26 RelationshipbetweenInhalantUseandLifeSatisfactionamong IntramuralSportParticipants 84 AbstractofDissertationPresentedtotheGraduateSchool oftheUniversityofFloridainPartialFulfillmentofthe RequirementsfortheDegreeofDoctorofPhilosophy ALCOHOLANDOTHERDRUGUSEAND LIFESATISFACTIONAMONG INTRAMURALSPORTPARTICIPANTS By RobertR.Lindsey August2000 Chairman: WeiWilliamChen MajorDepartment: HealthandHumanPerformance Alcoholandotherdruguseisamajorproblemontoday'scollegecampuses. Almostallcollegestudentshaveusedalcoholorotherdrugsatsometime.Reasonsfor alcoholandotherdruguseincludetohavefun,torelieveacademicstress,torelieveother typesofstress,toeasesocialinteractionsandtofitinwithfriends.Giventhestressors thatcollegestudentshavetodealwith,recreationalactivitymaybeameansofdecreasing alcoholuseamongcollegestudents.Participationinrecreational/intramuralsportsmay leadtoadecreaseinalcoholandotherdruguseaswellascontributetoagreaterlife satisfactionamongcollegestudents,andespeciallyintramuralsportparticipants. Researchhasshownconflictingresultsconcerningtherelationshipbetweensport participationandalcoholandotherdruguse.Therefore,thepurposeofthisstudywasto 1)comparethefrequency,quantity,andreasonsforalcoholandotherdrugusebetween intramuralandnon-intramuralsportparticipants,2)comparetheperceptionsofreported lifesatisfactionbetweenintramuralandnon-intramuralsportparticipants,and3)examine therelationshipbetweenalcoholandotherdrugusageandperceptionsoflifesatisfaction amongintramuralsportparticipants. Thesubjectswere719studentsfrompersonalandfamilyhealthandmedical terminologycoursesfromalargesoutheasternuniversity.Alcoholandotherdrugusewas measuredwiththeCOREAlcoholandDrugSurvey.LifeSatisfactionwasmeasuredwith theSatisfactionwithLifeScale. Chi-squareanalysis,t-tests,andanalysisofvariancewereusedtotestfor significantdifferencesfortheresearchhypotheses.Thefindingsfromthestudyinclude1) intramuralsportparticipantsreportedmorebingedrinkingepisodesandahigherweekly consumptionofalcoholwhencomparedtonon-intramuralsportparticipants,2)therewere nosignificantdifferencesofcurrentalcoholusersbetweenintramuralandnon-intramural sportparticipants,3)therewerenosignificantdifferencesintheusageofcigarettes, marijuana,cocaine,andinhalantsbetweenintramuralandnon-intramuralsport participants,4)therewerenosignificantdifferencesinthereasonsforalcoholandother drugusagebetweenintramuralandnon-intramuralsportparticipants,5)intramuralsport participantsreportedasignificantlyhigherlifesatisfactioncomparedtonon-intramural sportparticipants,and6)therewasnoconsistentrelationshipbetweenthepatternof alcoholandotherusageandlifesatisfactionamongintramuralsportparticipants. Theresearcherconcludedthatintramuralsportparticipationinfluencedbinge drinkingandweeklyconsumptionofalcohol.Ontheotherhand,intramuralsport participationdidnotsignificantlyinfluenceotherdruguse.Inaddition,intramuralsport participationalsoinfluencedtheperceptionoflifesatisfaction.Morestudiesareneededto examinetherelationshipofalcoholandotherdruguseandlifesatisfactionamong intramuralsportparticipants. INCTHRAOPDTUECRTI1ON Morethan12millionstudentsarecurrentlyenrolledinthenation's3,600colleges anduniversities.Ofthesestudents,approximately7.1millionareaged18-24years, comprising57%ofthecollegepopulation.Ofallpersonsaged18-24yearsintheUnited States,onefourtharecurrentlyeitherfull-orpart-timecollegestudents.Therefore, collegesanduniversitiesareimportantsettingsforreducingimportanthealth-risk behaviorsamongmanyyoungadults(Douglasetal.,1997). Theuseandabuseofalcoholanddrugsoncampusisanenduringproblem. Experimentationwiththesesubstanceshasbeengenerallyregardedasariteofpassage (Wechsler&Isaac,1992;Bower&Martin,1999).Althoughtheuseofillicitdrugssuch asmarijuana,LSD,andheroincontinuesoncollegecampuses,theCommissionon SubstanceAbuseatCollegesandUniversitiesfoundthatalcoholabuseisthemosturgent andmostcomplicatedsubstanceabuseproblemincolleges(Bower&Martin.,1999). Recentreportsindicatethatthepercentageofcollegestudentswhousealcoholis2.5 timesthepercentageofthosewhosmokeoruseillegaldrugs(Wechsler,1996). Almostallcollegestudents(84-93%)reportedhavingconsumedalcoholatsome time(Wechsler,1996).Althoughthispercentagehasremainednearlythesameformany years,thenumberofstudentswhoreportbingedrinking(i.e.,consumingfiveormore drinksinonesitting)hasshownamarkedincrease.Eigen(1991)foundthat42%ofall collegestudentsreportedengaginginbingedrinkinginthe2weekspreceding

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