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Jocks, Gender, Binge Drinking, and Adolescent Violence

NCJ Number
233201
Journal
Journal of Interpersonal Violence Volume: 21 Issue: 1 Dated: January 2006 Pages: 105-120
Author(s)
Kathleen E. Miller; Merrill J. Melnick; Michael P. Farrell; Donald F. Sabo; Grace M. Barnes
Date Published
January 2006
Length
16 pages
Annotation
This study examines athletic involvement and elevated levels of adolescent violence.
Abstract
Previous research has suggested a link between athletic involvement and elevated levels of adolescent violence outside the sport context. The present study expanded on this literature by positing differences in the sport-violence relationship across dimensions of athletic involvement (athletic participation vs. jock identity), type of violence (family vs. nonfamily), and gender as well as by examining the impact of binge drinking on the sport-violence relationship. Regression analyses using a sample of 608 Western New York adolescents indicated that (a) jock identity (but not athletic participation) was associated with more frequent violence, (b) jock identity predicted nonfamily violence (but not family violence), and (c) the link between jock identity and nonfamily violence was stronger for boys than for girls. Binge drinking predicted family violence among nonjocks only. (Published Abstract)