Alcohol Consumption by African American College Students on Gameday

It is said that college students drink dangerously high amounts of alcohol on special occasions. The purpose of this study was to examine the consumption of alcohol by African American college students on gamedays. A convenience sample of student-athletes from classes in the Department of Health and Human Performance at a small southeastern private historically black college and university was utilized in the study. The instrument consisted of a Modified version of the UF Game Day Survey. Chi square and independent t-test were utilized to determine the differences between demographic categories and the game day alcohol questions . alpha = .05. Sixty percent of the students reported drinking during or after the game at home, 35% reported that it was extremely likely that had more fun due to drinking alcohol on game day, 49% of the women reported that they had never drove after consuming 5 or more drinks and 26% of the women reported that they never intended to drink moderately at the next game. Chi square analysis revealed that more females did not vomit due to drinking alcohol on gameday as compared to males, and seniors reported drinking the majority of their alcoholic beverages on gameday at a friends's house as compared to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. Although limitations to the study exist, more studies are needed to alcohol use on gamed day among African American college students. Recommendations are made to further examine the alcohol consumption among GameDay among African American college students.