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  • Perceived incidence of drug use in Australian sport: a survey of athletes and coaches

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    Moston, Stephen
    Engelberg, Associate Professor Terry
    Skinner, James
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Engelberg, Associate Professor Terry PT.
    Year published
    2014
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    Doping control statistics suggest that only 1-2 per cent of athletes are doping. However, studies of the perceived incidence of doping, suggest that athletes believe that doping may be far more prevalent. Perceptions may potentially be of greater significance than actual incidence: athletes who believe that other athletes are doping may be more likely to engage in such practices, potentially creating a damaging self-fulfilling prophecy. This study investigated the perceptions of 609 Australian elite athletes and coaches about the extent of doping in sport. Data were collected via a self-completed survey. Results showed that ...
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    Doping control statistics suggest that only 1-2 per cent of athletes are doping. However, studies of the perceived incidence of doping, suggest that athletes believe that doping may be far more prevalent. Perceptions may potentially be of greater significance than actual incidence: athletes who believe that other athletes are doping may be more likely to engage in such practices, potentially creating a damaging self-fulfilling prophecy. This study investigated the perceptions of 609 Australian elite athletes and coaches about the extent of doping in sport. Data were collected via a self-completed survey. Results showed that the perceived incidence of performance enhancing drug use was approximately 19% (30% for perceived incidence of recreational drug use). Findings are discussed in relation to how perceptions might influence athletes through the creation of damaging self-fulfilling prophecies, and how sporting associations have attempted to control testing procedures to influence perceptions of drug use in sport.
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    Journal Title
    Sport in Society
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2014.927867
    Copyright Statement
    © 2014 Taylor & Francis (Routledge). This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Sport in Society on 25 Jun 2014, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17430437.2014.927867
    Subject
    Sport and Leisure Management
    Human Movement and Sports Sciences
    Commercial Services
    Sociology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/63367
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