Organized Sports as a Preventative Factor for Substance Abuse: A comparison of ADHD and non-ADHD individuals
Year: 2018
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Research has shown that individuals with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have a greater chance of developing substance use disorders than individuals without ADHD. Substance abuse amongst teenagers in Iceland has been decreasing in the past decade, in part due to the encouragement for adolescents to participate in organized sports. This study investigated whether organized sports had the same preventative effects on lifetime alcohol, smoking and marijuana use between ADHD and non-ADHD individuals. A questionnaire was administered by ISCRA, all the participants were students in 8th, 9th and 10th grade, aged from 13 to 18. There was a total of 11.013 responses with a response ratio of 86.3%. For this study a random sample of 2127 participants was used, gender distribution was even with 1045 boys and 1063 girls, 19 participants did not disclose their gender. Results showed that the effect of organized sports on lifetime alcohol use and smoking was not significantly different for participants with ADHD and without ADHD. However organized sports had more of a protective effect on individuals with ADHD when it came to lifetime marijuana use. Keywords: attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, organized sports, substance abuse
Source: Skemman
Author: Bjarki Jóhannsson 1991
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6986202820