Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here to sign up for SAGE Journal Email Alerts today!

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
International Review for the Sociology of Sport
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Sabo, D.
Right arrow Articles by Barnes, G. M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

High School Athletic Participation and Adolescent Suicide

A Nationwide US Study

Don Sabo

D’Youville College, USA, sabod{at}dyc.edu

Kathleen E. Miller

SUNY at Buffalo, USA

Merrill J. Melnick

SUNY College at Brockport, USA

Michael P. Farrell

SUNY at Buffalo, USA

Grace M. Barnes

SUNY at Buffalo, USA

Suicide is the third leading cause of death among US adolescents aged 15-24, with males incurring higher rates of completion than females. This study used hierarchical logistic regression analysis to test whether athletic participation was associated with lower rates of suicidal ideation and behavior among a nationally representative sample of over 16,000 US public and private high school students. Net of the effects of age, race/ethnicity, parental educational attainment, and urbanicity, high school athletic participation was significantly associated with reduced odds of considering suicide among both females and males, and reduced odds of planning a suicide attempt among females only. Though the results point to favorable health outcomes for athletes, athletic participation was also associated with higher rates of injury to male athletes who actually attempted suicide.

Key Words: adolescence • athletic participation and gender • health • suicide

International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Vol. 40, No. 1, 5-23 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1012690205052160
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Health Educ BehavHome page
M. J. Melnick, K. E. Miller, D. F. Sabo, G. M. Barnes, and M. P. Farrell
Athletic Participation and Seatbelt Omission Among U.S. High School Students
Health Educ Behav, February 1, 2010; 37(1): 23 - 36.
[Abstract] [PDF]