SPORTS, GENDER AND ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE USE

最近的研究结果表明， 参加体育运动和减少性风险，特别是在 青春期的女孩。本R21的应用将把这项研究扩展到 探索体育和其他课外活动对物质的影响 女性和男性青少年中的使用和其他危险行为。 建议使用两个大型数据集进行具有成本效益的二次数据分析。 《家庭与青少年研究》--一项为期六年的西部新闻纵向研究 约克青少年及其家庭(N=699)，包括关于以下方面的自我报告数据 酒精、烟草、大麻和其他物质的使用，性行为，以及 各种犯罪行为，以及关于最近 参加课外活动。1997年校本青少年风险调查 行为调查(YRBS)，由疾病控制和预防中心编制 预防，是具有全国代表性的优先事项的横断面调查 美国高中生健康危害行为调查(N=L 6,262)YRBS 包括烟草、酒精、大麻、类固醇和其他非法药物的数据 导致无意和有意的使用、性行为和行为 伤害(例如，酒后驾驶、打架、携带武器)以及 关于运动参与的问题。这两个数据来源都是过度抽样 种族/少数民族人口，促进针对种族的分析。 这项研究的具体目的包括确定 体育运动与其他特定课外活动的关系 使用药物和其他危险的青少年行为。性别和种族/民族 这些关系中的差异将被确定。这项研究还将 作为开发理论驱动的R01提案审查的基础 与特定性别的运动参与和物质使用相关的因素。 这项研究的总体目标是建立更有效的预防和 减少青少年药物使用及其他相关问题的干预策略 危险行为。

Recent research findings have shown strong associations between participation in sports and reduced sexual risk-taking, especially among adolescent girls. The present R21 application will extend this research to explore the effects of sports and other extracurricular activities on substance use and other risky behaviors among female and male adolescents. Cost-effective, secondary data analysis is proposed using two large data sets. The Family and Adolescent Study, a six-year longitudinal study of Western New York adolescents and their families (N=699), includes self-report data on alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and other substance use, sexual activity, and a variety of delinquent behaviors, as well as questions regarding recent participation in extracurricular activities. The 1997 school-based Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), generated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of priority health-risk behaviors in American high school students (N=l 6,262). The YRBS includes data on tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, steroids, and other illicit drug use, sexual activity, and behaviors resulting in unintentional and intentional injuries (e.g., drunk driving, fighting, weapons carrying), as well as questions on athletic participation. Both sources of data oversample racial/ethnic minority populations, facilitating race-specific analysis. Specific aims of the study include determination of the nature of the relationships between sports and other specific extracurricular activities and substance use and other risky adolescent behaviors. Gender and racial/ethnic differences in these relationships will be determined. This research will also serve as a basis for the development of a theory- driven R01 proposal examining factors associated with gender-specific sports participation and substance use. This research has the overall aim of establishing more effective prevention and intervention strategies for reducing adolescent substance use and other related risk behaviors.