Sport motivation and doping in adolescent athletes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although performance-enhancing drugs appear to be prevalent in adolescent sports, relatively little attention has been paid to why adolescent athletes decide to use these drugs. In this study, we examine doping among adolescents from a motivational perspective and explore how motivational variables, such as achievement goal orientations and the perceived self-determination of sports activities, may be related to moral attitudes, doping intentions and doping behavior in adolescents who participate in competitive sports.

Methodology

The study included 1035 adolescents participating in competitive sports from all regions of the Czech Republic (mean age = 16.3 years). The respondents completed a battery of questionnaires assessing their achievement goal orientations (

SUBMITTER: Mudrak J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6171920 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature