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标题：Youth sport participation and underage drinking behavior: the mediating effect of self-esteem
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作者：SEONGHUN LEE ; HYUNIN BAEK ; JASON NICHOLSON 等
期刊名称：Journal of Physical Education and Sport
印刷版ISSN：2247-8051
电子版ISSN：2247-806X
出版年度：2020
卷号：20
期号：3
页码：2283-2293
DOI：10.7752/jpes.2020.s3307
语种：English
出版社：University of Pitesti
摘要：Underage drinking has been recognized as a public health issue in the United States. Even though participation in sport activities have been recommended as an important tool for youth development and reducing risky behavior,previous research has indicated that sport participation directly increased alcohol consumption among youth. Furthermore,youth with low self-esteem are more likely to engage in delinquent behaviors (including alcohol consumption). There is a lack of empirical research on how self-esteem mediates the relationship between sport participation and underage drinking behavior. Using a Structural Equation Modeling approach,the current study examined the theoretical relationships between sports participation,underage drinking behavior and the mediating effect of self-esteem among a sample of youth (specifically 8th and 10th grades). To have a larger sample size,this study used the data from the annual national surveys,“Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth”. The results indicated that sport participation significantly increases both drinking behavior and self-esteem. In contrast,a greater level of self-esteem significantly decreases drinking behavior. The findings suggest that although youth who are frequently involved in sport and physical activities have increased drinking behavior,a greater level of self-esteem offset this effect. Since this study provides insight into the under-studied potential mediating factor of self-esteem,people (e.g.,parents,teachers,coaches,and administrators) who work closely with youth and adolescents will benefit from these findings and gain a better understanding of underage drinking behavior and the importance of self-esteem among youth. The current study contributes to the literature on positive youth development and public health.
关键词：youth sport;youth alcohol consumption;self-esteem;positive youth development;structural equation modeling