ReviewAddictive behaviors2010
Relationship of high school and college sports participation with alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use: a review.
Review in Addictive behaviors, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 108 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
108 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Interventions implemented through sporting organisations for promoting healthy behaviour or improving health outcomes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- The effects of nicotine withdrawal on exercise-related physical ability and sports performance in nicotine addicts: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- Association of sports practice aspects with health risk behaviors in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2024Pooled it
- The Benefits of Physical Exercise on Mental Disorders and Quality of Life in Substance Use Disorders Patients. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Association Between Alcohol Sports Sponsorship and Consumption: A Systematic Review.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2016Pooled it
- Predictors of alcohol-related negative consequences in adolescents: A systematic review of the literature and implications for future research.Journal of adolescence · 2016Pooled it
- Effectiveness of school-based smoking prevention curricula: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2015Pooled it
- Secondary effects of myPlaybook on college athletes' avoidance of drinking games or pregaming as a protective behavior strategy: A multisite randomized controlled study.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2019Trial
- Mediation of Neighborhood Effects on Adolescent Substance Use by the School and Peer Environments.Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2018Trial
- Transitions in first-year college student drinking behaviors: does pre-college drinking moderate the effects of parent- and peer-based intervention components?Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2012Trial
- Replicating motivational and cognitive-motivational typologies of doping attitudes among recreational fitness athletes: implications for harm reduction and risk communication.Harm reduction journal · 2026Article
- Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour in the MEDIET4ALL Study: Associations with Mediterranean Lifestyle, Sleep, and Psychosocial Well-Being, with Mediation Analyses.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- [Profile of Galician student cannabis users].Atencion primaria · 2026Article
- Co-Occurrence of Lifestyle Risk Behaviors Among Physical Education and Sport University Students: Evidence from a Cluster Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Physical activity and nicotine dependence among female college smokers: a serial mediation model of smoking refusal self-efficacy and smokers' identity identification.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Associations between individual and environmental factors and adolescent substance use in the border regions of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Clustering of adolescents' health behaviors before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: examining transitions and the role of demographics and parental health behaviors.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The Association Between Excessive Drinking Patterns and Depression: A Cross-Sectional Study in College Students in Japan.Neuropsychopharmacology reports · 2025Article
- Investigation of Physical Activity Levels in the Population of Switzerland: Association With Lifestyle and Sociodemographic Factors.International journal of public health · 2025Article
- Is Frequency of Practice of Different Types of Physical Activity Associated with Health and a Healthy Lifestyle at Different Ages?European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2024Article
48 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
This study provides an exhaustive review of 34 peer-reviewed quantitative data-based studies completed on high school and college sports involvement and drug use. The studies reviewed suggest that participation in sport is related to higher levels of alcohol consumption, but lower levels of both cigarette smoking and illegal drug use. Additional research is needed in this domain to further elucidate the relationship between these variables.
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