Doping Behaviour as an Indicator of Performance Pressure

Laure, P; Allouche, Sylvie

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“…This correlated with found that workplace drug use for the above reasons was associated with female gender, university education, and supervisors. These results are similar to those found in 1998 in France (Laure and Allouche, 2015).…”

Section: Factors Associated With the Consumption Of Psychoactive Drugssupporting

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Prevalence and factors associated with psychoactive drugs use among employees in 2019 in two companies in Cotonou, Benin

Aguemon¹,

Damien²,

Hinson³

et al. 2021

J. Public Health Epidemiol.

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The use of psychoactive drugs remains a public health and social issue in Benin and impacts health, medical and social life at working place. The study aims to determine the prevalence and the factors associated with psychoactive drugs use in 2019 in two companies based in Cotonou, Benin. A crosssectional survey was carried out from 09 to 31 December 2019. The study involved 455 workers aged 22 to 60 in two companies, selected by using a stratified survey technique. Data were collected using a questionnaire providing the socio-demographic and occupational factors, individual characteristics and labor conditions of workers. Associated factors were determine by a univariate and multivariate analysis. Alcohol was the substance most consumed with an abuse prevalence of 7.7% followed by tobacco with a prevalence of 5.5% and drugs at 4.6% and finally cannabis at 1.3%. After adjusting for the other variables: sick leave decreased with alcohol consumption, OR=0.31 [0.10-0.95]; regular leave increased with alcohol consumption OR=16.90 [1.96-145.75]; and overinvestment decreased with alcohol consumption OR=0.33 [0.14-0.78]. The use of PAD is a public health problem in the workplace. Awareness-raising for workers and training actions towards medical staff are required in the workplace in other to improve working conditions and the reduce drugs consumption.

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Section: Factors Associated With the Consumption Of Psychoactive Drugssupporting

confidence: 92%

Prevalence and factors associated with psychoactive drugs use among employees in 2019 in two companies in Cotonou, Benin

Aguemon¹,

Damien²,

Hinson³

et al. 2021

J. Public Health Epidemiol.

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“…Peer pressure and expectations to perform serve as highly influential factors in the consumption of performance-enhancing drugs in both traditional sports and e-competitive gaming as well (Laure and Allouche, 2015). Although the seminal studies have discussed about doping in traditional sports, very little is known about its existence and foreplay in the field of esports mainly due to the non-existence of a single regulatory body and defined regulations at international level.…”

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Doping as a barrier in universal acceptance of esports

Gupta

Sharma

Gupta

2021

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PurposeEsports has been emerging as a multi-billion dollar industry by attracting players, viewers, advertisers and investors across the globe. Even though there are plenty of professional titles present, only a few have been considered mainstream due to lack of formal governance mechanisms, presence of corruption and cheating mechanisms. “Doping” is one such practice where the players try to gain unfair advantage over their competitors, causing major hindrance in esports development. This qualitative study would draw insights from their perceptions about different doping mechanisms and possible recommendations to curb them.Design/methodology/approachThis study has analyzed the semi-structured interviews of selected esports professionals to draw insights from their perceptions about different doping mechanisms and possible recommendations to curb them. This qualitative study would explore the content of their interviews for extracting relevant themes and subthemes.FindingsThe findings of this study have made significant contributions to deeply lacking literature about the esports industry and barriers it faces in order to be considered as a legitimate sport. The study has extracted contemporary and new emerging themes about the rising trends in the industry and their impact on society and the way we see sports as a whole. Moreover, this study dwells upon the rampant drug abuse persisting in this industry and how it offers itself as a barrier to the legitimization of esports as a viable global industry.Originality/valueThis study provides an on-ground reality reports on esports and various malpractices rampant in the industry by conducting interviews with various industry professionals and analyzing them through a thematic analysis method using an inductive approach.

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Doping Behaviour as an Indicator of Performance Pressure

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Prevalence and factors associated with psychoactive drugs use among employees in 2019 in two companies in Cotonou, Benin

Prevalence and factors associated with psychoactive drugs use among employees in 2019 in two companies in Cotonou, Benin

Doping as a barrier in universal acceptance of esports

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