Title :

Contextualizing Students’ Alcohol Use Perceptions and Practices within French Culture: An Analysis of Gender and Drinking among Sport Science College Students

Author(s) :

Lebreton, Florian [Auteur]
Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale [ULCO]
Territoires, Villes, Environnement & Société - ULR 4477 [TVES]
Peralta, Robert [Auteur]
University of Akron
Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn [Auteur]
University of Lincoln [UK]
Wiley, Lia Chervenak [Auteur]
University of Akron
Routier, Guillaume [Auteur]
Laboratoire sur les Vulnérabilités et l'Innovation dans le Sport (EA 7428) [L-VIS]

Journal title :

Sex Roles

Pages :

218-235

Publisher :

Springer Verlag

Publication date :

2017-02

ISSN :

0360-0025

English keyword(s) :

Gender Orientation
Gender
Masculinity
Alcohol Use
Culture of Intoxication
Health
Risk
College Students
International
France

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Sociologie
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Etudes sur le genre

English abstract : [en]

Although research has examined alcohol consumption and sport in a variety of contexts, there is a paucity of research on gender and gender dynamics among French college students. The present study addresses this gap in the ...
Show more >Although research has examined alcohol consumption and sport in a variety of contexts, there is a paucity of research on gender and gender dynamics among French college students. The present study addresses this gap in the literature by examining alcohol use practices by men and women among a non-probability sample of French sport science students from five different universities in Northern France. We utilized both survey data (N = 534) and in-depth qualitative interviews (n = 16) to provide empirical and theoretical insight into a relatively ubiquitous health concern: the culture of intoxication. Qualitative data were based on students’ perceptions of their own alcohol use; analysis were framed by theoretical conceptions of gender. Survey results indicate gender differences in alcohol consumption wherein men reported a substantially higher frequency and quantity of alcohol use compared to their female peers. Qualitative findings confirm that male privilege and women’s concern for safety, masculine embodiment via alcohol use, gendering of alcohol type, and gender conformity pressures shape gender disparities in alcohol use behavior. Our findings also suggest that health education policy and educational programs focused on alcohol-related health risks need to be designed to take into account gender category and gender orientation.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

• Territoires, Villes, Environnement & Société (TVES) - ULR 4477

Source :

Harvested from HAL