Self-admitted behavior and perceived use of performance-enhancing vs psychoactive drugs among competitive athletes

Autor:	Andrea Petróczi, M. Zs. Ránky, Jason Mazanov, Declan P. Naughton, Tamás Nepusz, Martina Uvacsek
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	False-consensus effect biology Athletes business.industry Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Competitive athletes Attitude scale biology.organism_classification Medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Performance enhancement Self report business Biological sciences Demography
Zdroj:	Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. 21:224-234
ISSN:	0905-7188
DOI:	10.1111/j.1600-0838.2009.01041.x
Popis:	The relationships between projected use, self-reported behavior and attitudes to performance-enhancing (PED) and recreational (RD) drugs were investigated among 82 competitive Hungarian athletes, with 14.6% admitting using PED and 31.7% using RD. Both the observed doping estimations (even those made by non-users) and self-admitted use were considerably higher than the average rate of positive doping tests (2% of all tests). The notable overestimation by PED users (34.6% vs 16.9%) was in keeping with the false consensus effect. A prediction model with attitude and projection to the likelihood of PED use suggested at least a 70% chance of self-involvement of athletes, with responses at or above the median scores (Performance Enhancement Attitude Scale ≥ 60 and estimation ≥ 50%) on the two independent measures. Users overestimated the prevalence of doping in their sport (P=0.007) but not RD use, with the converse holding for RD users' views of doping (P=0.029). PED users also showed a significantly more lenient attitude toward doping (P
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