GWSS 262 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sensation Seeking
27 Jun 2018
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GWSS 262 – LECTURE 10
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey:
A survey given every two years to public and private high school students
The survey gathers information about students' health-related behaviors
oSuicide
oWearing seatbelts
oDrug use
oDrinking (and driving)
"Health Risks and the Teen Athlete"
Women's Sports Foundation
Used data from the 1997 "Youth Risk Behavior Survey"
Compared the results of athletes, non-athletes, and "highly involved athletes" (athletes who
played three or more sports)
1. Athletes were less likely to use illicit drugs
oPlaying sports was associated with reduced risk for illicit drug use
oFemale athletes were less likely than female nonathletes to use marijuana, cocaine, or
"other" drugs
oMale athletes were less likely than male nonathletes to use marijuana, cocaine, crack,
or "other" drugs
2. Finding on anabolic steroids were mixed
oMale athletes overall were no more likely to use anabolic steroids than male
nonathletes were
oFemale athletes overall, and highly involved male athletes, were both more likely than
nonathletes to use steroids
oHighly involved female athletes were nearly twice as likely to do so
3. Only highly involved athletes were more likely to binge drink
oNeither female nor male athletes were significantly more likely than nonathletes to
drink alcohol overall, or to drink to excess
oHowever, highly involved athletes of both genders were somewhat more likely to
binge drink than nonathletes
4. Athletes were less likely to smoke, but…
oAthletes were less likely than nonathletes ever to have smoked cigarettes regularly or
to have smoked within the past month
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oHowever, both male and female athletes were more likely to use chewing/dipping
tobacco
oHighly involved female athletes were more than 3 times as likely than female
nonathletes were
5. Athletes were less likely to be suicidal
oBoth female and male athletes were less likely than their nonathletic counterparts to
seriously consider suicide
oMale athletes were also less likely than male nonathletes to attempt suicide
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Document Summary
A survey given every two years to public and private high school students. The survey gathers information about students" health-related behaviors o. Suicide: wearing seatbelts, drug use, drinking (and driving) Used data from the 1997 "youth risk behavior survey" Compared the results of athletes, non-athletes, and "highly involved athletes" (athletes who played three or more sports) Athletes were less likely to use illicit drugs. Playing sports was associated with reduced risk for illicit drug use. Female athletes were less likely than female nonathletes to use marijuana, cocaine, or o o. "other" drugs: male athletes were less likely than male nonathletes to use marijuana, cocaine, crack, or "other" drugs. Finding on anabolic steroids were mixed: male athletes overall were no more likely to use anabolic steroids than male nonathletes were o. Female athletes overall, and highly involved male athletes, were both more likely than. 4. nonathletes to use steroids: highly involved female athletes were nearly twice as likely to do so.
