Journal
DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE
Volume 90, Issue 2-3, Pages 243-251Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.04.004
Keywords
anabolic steroids; college students; substance abuse
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- NIDA NIH HHS [R03 DA019492, R03 DA018239, R03 DA019492-01, DA019492, R03 DA020899] Funding Source: Medline
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This study assessed the prevalence, trends, and student- and college-level characteristics associated with the non-medical use of anabolic steroids (NMAS) among U.S. college students. Data were collected through self-administered mail surveys, from 15,282, 14,428, 13,953, and 10,904 randomly selected college students at the same 119 nationally representative colleges in 1993, 1997, 1999 and 200 1, respectively. The prevalence of lifetime, past-year and past-month NMAS was 1% or less and generally did not change significantly between 1993 and 200 1, with one exception: past-year WAS increased significantly among men from 1993 (0.36%) to 2001 (0.90%). Multiple logistic regression analyses revealed that lifetime and past-year NMAS were associated with student-level characteristics such as being male and participation in intercollegiate athletics. Lifetime and past-year NMAS were also positively associated with several risky behaviors, including cigarette smoking, illicit drug use, drinking and driving, and DSM-IV alcohol use disorders. Nearly 7 out of every 10 lifetime non-medical users of anabolic steroids met past-year criteria for a DSM-IV alcohol use disorder. Although the overall prevalence of WAS remained low between 1993 and 2001, findings suggest that continued monitoring is necessary because male student-athletes are at heightened risk for WAS and this behavior is associated with a wide range of risky health behaviors. The characteristics associated with WAS have important implications for future practice and research. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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