Attitudes toward and susceptibility to doping in spanish elite and national-standard track and field athletes: An examination of the sport drug control model
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UAM. Departamento de Economía Aplicada; UAM. Departamento de Educación Física, Deporte y Motricidad HumanaPublisher
Frontiers MediaDate
2021-06-08Citation
10.3389/fpsyg.2021.679001
Frontiers in Psychology 12.June (2021): 679001
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1664-1078DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2021.679001Funded by
This work was funded by theWorld Anti-Doping Agency, within their Social Science Research Grants program, and Isabel I de Castilla International UniversityEditor's Version
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.679001Subjects
attitudes; behavoir; doping; morality; track and field athletes,; performance-enhancing drugs,; sport drug control model; EducaciónRights
© 2021 García-Grimau, De la Vega, De Arce and CasadoAbstract
The Sport Drug Control Model (SDCM) is likely to be the model which most explicitly
represents the theoretical paradigm of the psychological study of the use of doping
in sport. This model can be further developed through its analysis in different
populations and cultures. The main aim of this study was to empirically test the
SDCM while analyzing for the first time the intentions and attitudes toward doping
in Spanish track and field athletes. A secondary aim was to assess the extent to
which the variables in the model together predict attitude, susceptibility, and behavior
toward the use of performance-enhancing substances. Participants were 281 Spanish
elite and national-standard track and field athletes from whom 80.1% were 18-28
years old and 49.5% were females. Participants completed the SDCM questionnaire
measuring morality, legitimacy, benefits appraisal, threat appraisal, self-efficacy to refrain
from doping, reference groups’ endorsement of doping methods/substances, use of
legal supplements, availability and affordability of doping, attitudes toward doping,
susceptibility to doping and, self-reported use of banned performance-enhancing
substances or methods. Structural equation modeling supported a good fitness of the
SDCM and confirmed that positive attitudes toward doping predicted high susceptibility
to doping ( = 0.55, p < 0.001), which is in turn associated with the use of prohibited
substances and methods ( = 0.12, p < 0.05). The factors that have most influence on
attitudes toward doping are morality ( = 0.46, p < 0.001) and reference group opinion
( =0.62, p <0.001). Self-reported doping use was 9.6%. These findings confirmSDCM
reproducibility and variability (as it accounts for several variables) in Spanish track and
field competitive athletes. It is recommended to implement preventive programs which
allow athletes to acquire a strong moral stance against doping and coaches to employ
the tools required to instill and educate their athletes in rejecting these illegal practices
that corrupt the integrity of competitive sport
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Google Scholar:García-Grimau, Elena
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Vega, Ricardo de la
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Arce Borda, Rafael de
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Casado, Arturo
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