TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Predicting attitude towards performance enhancing substance use: A comprehensive test of the Sport Drug Control Model with elite Australian athletes
JO  - Journal of science and medicine in sport
A1  - Jalleh, Geoffrey
A1  - Donovan, Robert J.
A1  - Jobling, Ian
SP  - 574
EP  - 579
VL  - 17
IS  - 6
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1440-2440
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2013.10.249
ID  - ref1
ER  -