Analyzing the Relationship between Participation in Sports and Harmful Alcohol Drinking in Early Adolescence: Two-Year Prospective Analysis
Alcohol drinking is an important health-related problem and one of the major risk factors for a wide array of non-communicable diseases, while there is a lack of studies investigating environment-specific associations between sports participation and alcohol drinking in adolescence. This study prosp...
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| author | Natasa Zenic Ivan Kvesic Mate Corluka Tatjana Trivic Patrik Drid Jose M. Saavedra Nikola Foretic Toni Modric Barbara Gilic |
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| description | Alcohol drinking is an important health-related problem and one of the major risk factors for a wide array of non-communicable diseases, while there is a lack of studies investigating environment-specific associations between sports participation and alcohol drinking in adolescence. This study prospectively investigated the relationship between sports factors (i.e., participation in sports and competitive achievement), with the prevalence of harmful alcohol drinking (HD), and HD initiation in 14-to-16 years old adolescents from Bosnia and Herzegovina (<i>n</i> = 641, 337 females, 43% living in rural community). Participants were tested over 4-time points divided by approximately 6 months, from the beginning of high school to the end of the second grade. Variables included gender, factors related to sport participation, a community of residence (urban or rural), and outcome: alcohol consumption was assessed by the AUDIT questionnaire. Results evidenced that the prevalence of HD increased over the study period from 6 to 19%, with no significant differences between urban and rural youth. Logistic regression for HD as criterion evidenced adolescents who participated in sports and then quit as being at particular risk for drinking alcohol at the study baseline. Sports factors were not correlated with HD initiation in the period between 14 and 16 years of age. It seems that the problem of alcohol drinking should be preventively targeted in all youth, irrespective of living environment. Although sports participation was not evidenced as being a factor of influence on HD initiation, results highlight the necessity of developing targeted preventive campaigns against alcohol drinking for adolescents who quit sports. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c8ba782f3f5146368f8fa715060e14242023-11-18T09:51:06ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672023-06-01106106510.3390/children10061065Analyzing the Relationship between Participation in Sports and Harmful Alcohol Drinking in Early Adolescence: Two-Year Prospective AnalysisNatasa Zenic0Ivan Kvesic1Mate Corluka2Tatjana Trivic3Patrik Drid4Jose M. Saavedra5Nikola Foretic6Toni Modric7Barbara Gilic8Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, 21000 Split, CroatiaFaculty of Science and Education, University of Mostar, 88000 Mostar, Bosnia and HerzegovinaFaculty of Science and Education, University of Mostar, 88000 Mostar, Bosnia and HerzegovinaFaculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, SerbiaFaculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, SerbiaPhysical Activity, Physical Education, Sport and Health Research Centre, Sports Science Department, School of Social Sciences, Reykjavik University, IS-101 Reykjavik, IcelandFaculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, 21000 Split, CroatiaFaculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, 21000 Split, CroatiaFaculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, 21000 Split, CroatiaAlcohol drinking is an important health-related problem and one of the major risk factors for a wide array of non-communicable diseases, while there is a lack of studies investigating environment-specific associations between sports participation and alcohol drinking in adolescence. This study prospectively investigated the relationship between sports factors (i.e., participation in sports and competitive achievement), with the prevalence of harmful alcohol drinking (HD), and HD initiation in 14-to-16 years old adolescents from Bosnia and Herzegovina (<i>n</i> = 641, 337 females, 43% living in rural community). Participants were tested over 4-time points divided by approximately 6 months, from the beginning of high school to the end of the second grade. Variables included gender, factors related to sport participation, a community of residence (urban or rural), and outcome: alcohol consumption was assessed by the AUDIT questionnaire. Results evidenced that the prevalence of HD increased over the study period from 6 to 19%, with no significant differences between urban and rural youth. Logistic regression for HD as criterion evidenced adolescents who participated in sports and then quit as being at particular risk for drinking alcohol at the study baseline. Sports factors were not correlated with HD initiation in the period between 14 and 16 years of age. It seems that the problem of alcohol drinking should be preventively targeted in all youth, irrespective of living environment. Although sports participation was not evidenced as being a factor of influence on HD initiation, results highlight the necessity of developing targeted preventive campaigns against alcohol drinking for adolescents who quit sports.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/10/6/1065non-communicable diseasesharmful drinkingAUDITpubertyphysical exercising |
| spellingShingle | Natasa Zenic Ivan Kvesic Mate Corluka Tatjana Trivic Patrik Drid Jose M. Saavedra Nikola Foretic Toni Modric Barbara Gilic Analyzing the Relationship between Participation in Sports and Harmful Alcohol Drinking in Early Adolescence: Two-Year Prospective Analysis Children non-communicable diseases harmful drinking AUDIT puberty physical exercising |
| title | Analyzing the Relationship between Participation in Sports and Harmful Alcohol Drinking in Early Adolescence: Two-Year Prospective Analysis |
| title_full | Analyzing the Relationship between Participation in Sports and Harmful Alcohol Drinking in Early Adolescence: Two-Year Prospective Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Analyzing the Relationship between Participation in Sports and Harmful Alcohol Drinking in Early Adolescence: Two-Year Prospective Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analyzing the Relationship between Participation in Sports and Harmful Alcohol Drinking in Early Adolescence: Two-Year Prospective Analysis |
| title_short | Analyzing the Relationship between Participation in Sports and Harmful Alcohol Drinking in Early Adolescence: Two-Year Prospective Analysis |
| title_sort | analyzing the relationship between participation in sports and harmful alcohol drinking in early adolescence two year prospective analysis |
| topic | non-communicable diseases harmful drinking AUDIT puberty physical exercising |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/10/6/1065 |
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