ERIC Number: EJ790608
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
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Wired: Energy Drinks, Jock Identity, Masculine Norms, and Risk Taking
Miller, Kathleen E.
Journal of American College Health, v56 n5 p481-490 Mar-Apr 2008
Objective: The author examined gendered links among sport-related identity, endorsement of conventional masculine norms, risk taking, and energy-drink consumption. Participants: The author surveyed 795 undergraduate students enrolled in introductory-level courses at a public university. Methods: The author conducted linear regression analyses of energy-drink consumption frequencies on sociodemographic characteristics, jock identity, masculine norms, and risk-taking behavior. Results: Of participants, 39% consumed an energy drink in the past month, with more frequent use by men (2.49 d/month) than by women (1.22 d/month). Strength of jock identity was positively associated with frequency of energy-drink consumption; this relationship was mediated by both masculine norms and risk-taking behavior. Conclusions: Sport-related identity, masculinity, and risk taking are components of the emerging portrait of a toxic jock identity, which may signal an elevated risk for health-compromising behaviors. College undergraduates' frequent consumption of Red Bull and comparable energy drinks should be recognized as a potential predictor of toxic jock identity. (Contains 5 tables.)
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Regression (Statistics), Masculinity, Athletes, Identification (Psychology), Social Attitudes, At Risk Persons, Correlation, Student Characteristics, Gender Differences, Health Behavior, Student Attitudes, Eating Habits
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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