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冒险，特别是 青春期女孩目前的R21应用程序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 吸毒和其他危险行为。 成本效益，二手数据分析提出了使用两个大的数据集。 家庭和青少年研究，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），包括自我报告的数据， 酒精，烟草，大麻和其他物质的使用，性活动，以及 各种违法行为，以及有关最近的问题， 参加课外活动。一九九七年校本青少年风险 行为调查（YRBS），由疾病控制中心和 预防，是一项具有全国代表性的优先横断面调查 美国高中生的健康危险行为（N= 16，262）。YRBS 包括烟草、酒精、大麻、类固醇和其他非法药物的数据 使用，性活动，以及导致无意和故意 损伤（例如，酒后驾车，打架，携带武器），以及 关于体育参与的问题。两个数据源都过采样 种族/少数民族人口，促进种族具体分析。 研究的具体目标包括确定 体育与其他特定课外活动之间的关系， 物质使用和其他危险的青少年行为。性别和种族/族裔 将确定这些关系中的差异。这项研究也将 作为理论驱动的R 01提案的基础， 与特定性别的体育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措施， 减少青少年药物使用的干预战略和其他有关 风险行为

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.