Evaluation of an anti-doping intervention for adolescents: Findings from a school-based study |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece;2. Department of Psychology, Sociology & Politics, Sheffield Hallam University, UK;1. Department of Environmental and Business Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark;2. Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Denmark;1. School of Business, UNSW-Canberra, Australia;2. Institute for Sport, Exercise and Active Living, Victoria University, Australia;3. Barwon Health, Australia;4. Institute for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure, Leeds Metropolitan University, Australia;1. Department of Health, Sport and Exercise Science, School of Health Sciences, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland;2. Unity Recovery Centre, 30 Manningham Lane, Bradford BD1 3DN, UK;1. Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, 2 Promethean Way, Robina, QLD 4226 Australia;2. Faculty of Law, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia |
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| Abstract: | The present study investigated the effectiveness of a school-based intervention in promoting an anti-doping culture in adolescents. Participants were 218 high school students attending Health Education programs in Greek secondary education. Students completed a questionnaire including measures of attitudes towards nutritional supplement and doping use, social norms and norm salience, and values and harms of sport. The intervention consisted of 10 teaching units focusing on the health, moral, social and psychological aspects of nutritional supplement and doping use. The results showed that intervention group participants reported significantly weaker attitudes towards doping use, and increased norm salience. Health was ranked as the most important value of sport in both intervention and control groups, and doping use was ranked as the most important threat to the integrity of sport in the intervention group. The findings are discussed with respect to policy making and the role of school-based interventions in promoting an anti-doping culture in young people. |
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| Keywords: | Doping Attitudes Intervention Values of sport Harms of sport |
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