INTRODUCTION Recent developments in health behavior among adolescents may have been accompanied by changes in risk factors for alcohol use. Focusing on postmillennial cohorts of adolescents, we revisit the question of whether sports participation is a risk factor for alcohol use. METHOD This study analyses data from four waves (2017-2020) of the MyLife longitudinal study. Participants were 3425 (45% boys) Norwegian adolescents attending middle school in 2017 (age range: 12-15 years). Annual questionnaire assessments included questions about frequency of sports practice, frequency of alcohol use/heavy episodic drinking, parental cohabitation, unstructured leisure time, sensation-seeking, and behavioral problems. We employed growth curve models (N = 2682) and fixed effects models (N = 3131). RESULTS Overall, we did not find systematic differences in initial alcohol use or development over time according to sports practice frequency at the first assessment. However, adolescents with the highest initial sports frequency had slightly lower initial alcohol use and a steeper increase (initial use: b = -0.06, p = .351; linear slope: b = -0.12, p = .218; quadratic curvature: b = 0.09, p = .004). There was no, or only a weak negative, association between change in sports practice and change in alcohol use after adjusting for potential time-varying confounders, b = -0.03, p = .065. CONCLUSION Contrary to most previous research, we found little evidence for an association between sports participation and alcohol use among Norwegian adolescents born after 2000. Sports activities might not require particular attention in the prevention of alcohol use.

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重新审视体育参与和饮酒：对挪威后千禧一代青少年的纵向研究。

引言 青少年健康行为的最新发展可能伴随着饮酒危险因素的变化。着眼于千禧一代的青少年群体，我们重新审视了体育参与是否是饮酒的风险因素的问题。方法 本研究分析来自 MyLife 纵向研究的四波（2017-2020 年）的数据。参与者是 2017 年上中学的 3425 名（45% 男孩）挪威青少年（年龄范围：12-15 岁）。年度问卷评估包括关于体育锻炼频率、酒精使用频率/大量饮酒、父母同居、非结构化休闲时间、寻求感觉和行为问题的问题。我们采用了增长曲线模型（N = 2682）和固定效应模型（N = 3131）。结果总体而言，在第一次评估中，根据运动练习频率，我们没有发现初始酒精使用或发育随时间的系统性差异。然而，初始运动频率最高的青少年初始饮酒量略低，增加幅度更大（初始使用量：b = -0.06，p = .351；线性斜率：b = -0.12，p = .218；二次曲率：b = 0.09，p = .004）。在调整了潜在的时变混杂因素后，运动实践的变化与酒精使用的变化之间没有或只有微弱的负相关，b = -0.03，p = .065。结论 与之前的大多数研究相反，我们发现很少有证据表明 2000 年以后出生的挪威青少年的体育参与与饮酒之间存在关联。体育活动在预防饮酒方面可能不需要特别注意。