98). Research shows a positive correlation between sports and alleviation of depressive symptoms along with other improvement markers in physical and mental health (Wilhite, 2014)
It is limiting to describe behavior solely in terms of either nature or nurture; attempts to do this underestimate the complexity of human behavior. It is more likely that human behavior results from an interaction between nature (biology) and nurture (environment)" (McLeod, 2011)
Apparently, this happens often on college campuses. An alcohol-drug study was done on several college campuses, and "the results indicated that the social learning variables (such as rewards, punishments and definitions) were the main causes of the structural effects of binge drinking" (Capece, & Lanza-Kaduce, 2013)