Table 2 Demographics and influencing factors and gender (male and female)

Sport

p < .001**

 AFL

37 (45.7)

10 (8.0)

47 (22.8)

 Hockey

3 (3.7)

25 (20.0)

28 (13.6)

 Netball

0 (0)

40 (32.0)

40 (19.4)

 Soccer

12 (14.8)

11 (8.8)

23 (11.2)

 Ultimate Frisbee

4 (4.9)

12 (9.6)

15 (7.8)

 Other***

25 (30.9)

27 (21.6)

52 (25.2)

 Total

81

125

206

AUDIT-C category

p < .001**

 Low-risk

34 (50.7)

81 (78.6)

115 (67.6)

 High-risk

33 (49.3)

22 (21.4)

55 (32.4)

 Total

67

103

170

Length of club membership

p = .761

 Less than 1 year

14 (17.3)

24 (19.0)

38 (18.4)

 1–2 years

22 (27.2)

33 (26.2)

55 (26.6)

 3–5 years

22 (27.2)

27 (21.4)

49 (23.7)

 More than 5 years

23 (28.4)

42 (33.3)

65 (31.4)

 Total

81

126

207

Volunteer roles

p = .357

 Yes

41 (50.6)

72 (57.1)

113 (54.6)

 No

40 (49.4)

54 (42.9)

94 (45.4)

 Total

81

126

207

Time spent volunteering

p = .037*

 2–3 times a week or more

18 (46.2)

19 (26.8)

37 (33.6)

 Once a week

13 (33.3)

21 (29.6)

34 (30.9)

 Once a month or less

8 (20.5)

31 (43.7)

39 (35.5)

 Total

39

71

110

Healthy food options

p = .011*

 Yes, absolutely

10 (16.7)

34 (35.8)

44 (28.4)

 Yes

22 (36.7)

31 (32.6)

53 (34.2)

 No

24 (40.0)

19 (20.0)

43 (27.7)

 Unsure

4 (6.7)

11 (11.6)

15 (9.7)

 Total

60

95

155

AUDIT-C score

M 5.0

M 3.9

M 4.5

p = .001*

SD 2.3

SD 3.2

SD 2.3

CI 4.4–5.6

CI 3.5–4.3

CI 4.0–4.7

Experienced harm

M 3.2

M 2.3

M 2.6

p = .003*

SD 3.5

SD 3.8

SD 3.7

CI 2.4–4.1

CI 1.5–3.0

CI 2.1–3.2

Second-hand harm

M 2.3

M 1.1

M 1.5

p = .006*

SD 3.9

SD 2.4

SD 3.1

CI 1.2–3.1

CI 1.1–1.5

CI 1.1–1.9

Witnessed harm

M 3.2

M 1.4

M 2.1

p = .004*

SD 5.3

SD 3.2

SD 4.2

CI 1.9–4.5

CI .7–1.9

CI 1.4–2.7

Alcohol expectations

M 22.1

M 21.1

M 21.5

p = .313

SD 3.7

SD 4.7

SD 4.4

CI 21.2–23.0

CI 20.1–21.9

CI 20.8–22.1

Club connectedness

M 21.7

M 21.4

M 21.5

p = .455

SD 3.3

SD 3.0

SD 3.1

CI 20.9–22.5

CI 20.8–21.9

CI 21.1–21.9

Team cohesion (GEQ)

M 119.2

M 118.2

M 118.6

p = .608

SD 25.6

SD 21.6

SD 23.2

CI 113.2–125.3

CI 114.3–122.2

CI 115.3–121.9

Individual attractions to the Group-Social (ATG-S)

M 34.3

M 32.4

M 33.1

p = 0.308

SD 9.1

SD 7.6

SD 7.6

CI 32.1–36.4

CI 30.9–33.8

CI 31.9–34.3

Individual attractions to the Group-Task (ATG-T)

M 29.0

M 29.1

M 29.1

p = 0.823

SD 6.9

SD 5.9

SD 6.3

CI 287.4–30.6

CI 28.0–30.2

CI 28.2–40.0

Group Integration Task (GI-T)

M 32.3

M 33.8

M 33.2

p = 0.305

SD 7.6

SD 6.9

SD 7.2

CI 30.5–34.0

CI 32.6–35.1

CI 32.2–34.3

Group Integration-Social (GI-S)

M 23.7

M 22.9

M 23.2

p = 0.14

SD 6.73

SD 5.9

SD 6.2

CI 22.13–25.29

CI 21.9–24.1

CI 22.3–24.1

Mental Wellbeing

M 54.2

M 51.3

M 52.4

p = .073

SD 8.0

SD 9.0

SD 8.8

CI 52.3–56.1

CI 49.6–53.0

CI 51.1–53.7