Health Psychological Constructs as Predictors of Doping Susceptibility in Adolescent Athletes
| Author | Cornelia Blank | en |
| Author | Wolfgang Schobersberger | en |
| Author | Veronika Leichtfried | en |
| Author | Stefan Duschek | en |
| Issued Date | 2016-12-01 | en |
| Abstract | Background: Doping is a highly relevant problem in sport, even in adolescent athletes. Knowledge of the psychological factors that influence doping susceptibility in young elite athletes remains sparse. Objectives: This study investigated the predictive potential of different health-psychological constructs and well-being on doping susceptibility. The main hypotheses to be tested were positive associations of fear of failure, external locus of control, and ego-oriented goal orientation as well as negative associations of confidence of success, task orientation, internal locus of control, and performance motivation with doping susceptibility. Low levels of well-being are furthermore expected to be associated with doping susceptibility. Methods: Within this cross-sectional study, 1,265 Austrian junior athletes aged between 14 and 19 years responded to a paper-pencil questionnaire. Results: Performance motivation was a negative, while depressive mood, self-esteem, fear of failure and ego-oriented goal orientation were positive predictors of doping susceptibility. In addition, participants who were offered performance enhancing substances in the past were particularly susceptible to doping. Conclusions: The study corroborates the predictive value of classical psychological constructs in doping research, initially analyzed in view of adult athletes, also for adolescents’ doping susceptibility. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/asjsm.35024 | en |
| Keyword | Doping Susceptibility | en |
| Keyword | Well-Being | en |
| Keyword | Fear of Failure | en |
| Keyword | Confidence of Success | en |
| Keyword | Performance Motivation | en |
| Keyword | Goal Orientation | en |
| Keyword | Locus of Control | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Health Psychological Constructs as Predictors of Doping Susceptibility in Adolescent Athletes | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
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