Summary Use of Alcohol among Athletes Copy.docx KIN-520 Use of Alcohol among Athletes Adams State University KIN-520: Mental Health in Sport Introduction Adolescence is a vulnerable time. Children undergo a multitude of physical and emotional changes. Env

Use of Alcohol among Athletes C KIN-520 Use of Alcohol among Athletes Adams State University KIN-520: Mental Health in Sport Introduction Adolescence is a vulnerable time. Children undergo a multitude of physical and emotional changes. Environment and interpersonal communication can majorly affect how young adults deal with these challenges. Unfortunately, by the age of 16, many teenagers (41%) choose to consume alcohol as a means of enduring or fitting in with the €œsocial norm (Byrnes, Miller, Grube, Bordeau, Buller, Wang-Schweig, and Woodall, 2019), with the drinking rates in college increasing significantly (Merrill & Carey, 2016). The purpose of this literature review is to discover if student team athletes are at the highest risk of alcohol use in comparison to those participating in individual sports and nonathletes. Literature Review High School One study, conducted by Denham in 2011, observed th