Elite Level Athletes' Perspective on Prohibited Substances for Performance Enhancement: A Cross-Sectional Study

Autor/inn/en	Gülü, Mehmet; Yapici, Hakan
Titel	Elite Level Athletes' Perspective on Prohibited Substances for Performance Enhancement: A Cross-Sectional Study
Quelle	In: International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 14 (2022) 3, S.2966-2978 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gülü, Mehmet)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Athletes; Attitudes; Drug Use; Cheating; Gender Differences; Educational Attainment; Team Sports; Foreign Countries; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Athlet; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Prellen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Mannschaftssport; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	The aim of this research was to explore the attitudes of elite athletes towards performance enhancement through banned substances. In this study, survey model, which is one of the quantitative research methods, was used. Purposive sampling method was used in the data collection process. Participants consisted of a sample group of elite athletes (n = 418: 49.3% female, 50.7% male;). Participants answered questions about sociodemographic characteristics as well as performance enhancement attitudes. A performance enhancement attitude scale was used to determine the participants' attitudes towards performance enhancement. Data were analyzed using SPSS Version 22.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA). Elite level athletes participating in the study were found to have low use of prohibited substances for performance enhancement. There was no difference between the attitudes of the participants to increase their performance according to their gender and educational status. Participation of the participants in individual or team sports did not lead to a difference between their performance enhancement attitudes. It was found that as the duration of being a national athlete of the participants in the study increased, their attitudes towards using prohibited substances for performance enhancement increased. From the point of view of elite athletes, the use of banned substances for performance enhancement was found to be low. However, as the duration of being an elite athlete increases, it has been found that the attitude towards the use of banned substances for performance enhancement increases. Policies should be developed to discourage elite athletes from using banned substances. Coaches and managers need to correctly manage success strategies at all levels of sports. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	World Council for Curriculum and Instruction. California School of Education, Alliant International University, 10455 Pomerado Road, San Diego, CA 92131. Web site: https://ijci.wcci-international.org/index.php/IJCI/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01