@article{ref1,
title="Predicting attitude towards performance enhancing substance use: A comprehensive test of the Sport Drug Control Model with elite Australian athletes",
journal="Journal of science and medicine in sport",
year="2013",
author="Jalleh, Geoffrey and Donovan, Robert J. and Jobling, Ian",
volume="17",
number="6",
pages="574-579",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: This study presents a comprehensive examination of the Sport Drug Control Model via survey data of elite Australian athletes. DESIGN AND METHODS: A cross-sectional nationwide mail survey of 1237 elite Australian athletes was conducted. Structural equation modelling was employed to test the model. RESULTS: Morality (personal moral stance on performance-enhancing substances use), reference group opinion (perceived moral stance of reference group on performance-enhancing substances use) and legitimacy (perceptions of the drug testing and appeals processes) evidenced significant relationships with attitude towards performance-enhancing substances use, which in turn was positively associated with doping behaviour. The model accounted for 81% and 13% of the variance in attitude towards performance-enhancing substances use and doping behaviour, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: These findings validate the usefulness of the Sport Drug Control Model for understanding influences on performance-enhancing substances use. Nevertheless, there is a need to survey athletes representing a broader range of competition levels and cross-cultural research to test the model's applicability to other populations of athletes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1440-2440",
doi="10.1016/j.jsams.2013.10.249",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2013.10.249"
}