Heavy episodic drinking (HED) is related to an increase in negative consequences (Wechsler, Lee, Kuo, & Lee, 2000) including approximately 599,000 unintentional injuries and 1,825 deaths annually among college students (Hingson, Edwards, Heeren, & Rosenbloom, 2009). College athletes participate in greater alcohol consumption and experience more negative consequences than their nonathlete peers (Hildebrand, Johnson, & Bogle, 2001). Protective behavioral strategies (PBS) have played a significant role in reducing alcohol-related negative consequences within the college population (Martens et al., 2004). However, little is known about PBS use within specific at-risk populations such as athletes. This study aimed to identify the relationship between alcohol consumption, the use of protective behavioral strategies, and negative consequences among intercollegiate athletes. Results indicated that PBS partially mediated the relationship between alcohol consumption and negative consequences. Implications for intercollegiate athlete intervention and prevention programs are discussed as well as limitations of the study and directions for future research.
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Protective Behavioral Strategies and Their Relationship With Negative Alcohol Consequences Among College Athletes
Jeremy J. Noble, Michael B. Madson, Richard S. Mohn, and Jon T. Mandracchia
Pain Catastrophizing in College Athletes
Aaron Sciascia, Jacob Waldecker, and Cale Jacobs
college athletes compared with college attendees who did not participate in sport. 1 Pain is the most common patient-reported symptom 2 but the perception of pain is complex, differs between individuals and not directly proportional to the extent of injury. 3 , 4 Factors that extend beyond the
Does Anxiety Affect Neuropsychological Assessment in College Athletes?
Christopher P. Tomczyk, George Shaver, and Tamerah N. Hunt
field. 7 , 8 These findings begin to beg the question of whether anxiety screening should be a focused component of the concussion protocol at baseline. Focused Clinical Question Does anxiety affect neuropsychological assessments in healthy college athletes? Summary of Search, “Best Evidence” Appraised
Should College Athletes Be Allowed to Be Paid? A Public Opinion Analysis
Chris Knoester and B. David Ridpath
The compensation of U.S. college athletes, beyond educationally tethered compensation such as scholarships, has been the subject of significant concern and empirical inquiry for decades ( Nocera & Strauss, 2016 ; Mondello et al., 2013 ; Sack & Staurowsky, 1998 ). Many college sports programs
Charting a New Path: Regulating College Athlete Name, Image and Likeness After NCAA v. Alston Through Collective Bargaining
Alicia Jessop, Thomas A. Baker III, Joanna Wall Tweedie, and John T. Holden
On June 21, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court announced a unanimous 9-0 decision in NCAA v. Alston , confirming that education-related restraints imposed on college athletes by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) would no longer be shielded from antitrust law scrutiny. In response to
Effects of College Athlete Life Stressors on Baseline Concussion Measures
J.D. DeFreese, Michael J. Baum, Julianne D. Schmidt, Benjamin M. Goerger, Nikki Barczak, Kevin M. Guskiewicz, and Jason P. Mihalik
’s full potential and may influence clinicians to make premature and/or potentially dangerous return-to-play decisions that are inconsistent with best practice. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to determine if life stressors are associated with college athlete concussion testing performance
Advancing the Assessment of Anger in Sports: Gender Differences and STAXI-2 Normative Data for College Athletes
Michelle L. Bartlett, Mitch Abrams, Megan Byrd, Arial S. Treankler, and Richard Houston-Norton
specifically in a college athlete population and anger identification assessment and protocols for this population have been scarce at best. Anger and Performance in Athletics Most attempts to address anger in athletics have been to try to reduce it ( Abrams, 2010 ). Careful consideration must be taken here as
Social Media Scholarship in Sport Studies and College Athletes’ Name, Image, and Likeness Opportunities
Edward M. Kian and Matthew Zimmerman
, 2021 ). Since that decision, more opportunities have arisen for college athletes to earn money through NIL. As can be expected, most of the bigger deals are in the most watched and highest revenue-producing college sports of football and men’s basketball ( Gerbers, 2022 ). In the case of those sports
The Effect of Core Stability Training on Functional Movement Patterns in College Athletes
Sajad Bagherian, Khodayar Ghasempoor, Nader Rahnama, and Erik A. Wikstrom
injury risk in male football players, 9 female college athletes, 10 and male military candidates. 11 The lateral step-down (LSD) test can be used to rate the quality of movement based on the alignment of the trunk, pelvis, and knee 12 with scores ranging from 0 to 6. 13 The Y balance test (YBT) was
College Athletes With Ankle Sprain History Exhibit Greater Fear-Avoidance Beliefs
Megan N. Houston, Johanna M. Hoch, and Matthew C. Hoch
activity and work. Elevated levels of fear have contributed to disablement in patients with low back pain 8 and patellofemoral pain 9 and following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. 10 Furthermore, acutely injured high-school and college athletes have exhibited increased fear. 11 It is clear
