Preventing Steroid Use—The Role of the Health/Physical Educator

Minelli, Mark J; Rapaport, Ross J.; Kaiser, David A.

doi:10.1080/07303084.1992.10609956

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“…It is possible that respondents underreported (or overreported) experience with some problem behaviors in patterned ways. Of greatest concern is the likelihood of underreporting of steroid use (Minelli, Rapaport, and Kaiser 1992;Yesalis et al 1993); Yesalis has gone so far as to opine that athletes would prefer to confess to using cocaine than to using steroids (NIDA 1994). It may also be that adolescents who feel suf ciently comfortable reporting their use of one substance are disproportionately likely to acknowledge use of other substances, even if they are no more likely to do so than their more reticent counterparts.…”

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Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Use and other Adolescent Problem Behaviors: Rethinking the Male Athlete Assumption

Miller¹,

Barnes²,

Sabo

et al. 2002

Sociological Perspectives

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Based on a national sample of over 16,000 public and private high school students (the 1997 Youth Risk Behavior Survey), we used logistic regression analysis to examine relationships among anabolicandrogenic steroid use and other problem behaviors for female and male athletes and nonathletes. After controlling for age, race/ethnicity, parental educational attainment, urbanicity, and recent exercise, users had signicantly greater odds of engaging in other illicit drug, alcohol, and tobacco use, ghting, suicide attempts, sexual risk taking, vehicular risk taking, and pathogenic weight loss behavior, suggesting that steroid use is part of Jessor's problem behavior syndrome for adolescents. Despite the stereotypical images of the male athlete user, both nonathlete and female users also faced elevated risks of multiple drug use and other health-compromising behavior. Thus this study rejects the view of steroid use as merely a logical extension of the male athletic cultural imperative.

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Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Use and other Adolescent Problem Behaviors: Rethinking the Male Athlete Assumption

Miller¹,

Barnes²,

Sabo

et al. 2002

Sociological Perspectives

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“…Some of these behaviors are illegal, for minor respondents (alcohol use, tobacco use) or for the population at large (illicit drug use); the accuracy of responses necessarily depends on the respondents' confidence in the anonymity of the survey procedure. Steroid use in particular may be subject to underreporting (Minelli et al, 1992;Yesalis et al, 1993); Yesalis has opined that athletes would rather confess to cocaine use than steroid use (NIDA, 1994). Furthermore, adolescents who feel sufficiently comfortable reporting their use of one substance may be more willing to acknowledge use of other substances, even if they are no more likely to do so than their more reticent peers, exaggerating the risk-clustering effect of the problem behavior syndrome.…”

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“…Previous research has generally highlighted the distinctions between anabolic steroid users and nonusers (e.g., Burnett & Kleiman, 1994;Gruber & Pope, 2000;Kindlundh et al, 1999;Pope & Katz, 1994;Porcerelli & Sandler, 1995;Su et al, 1993;Yarnold, 1998;Yesalis, Kennedy, Kopstein, & Bahrke, 1993). This research is often predicated on the assumption that users are by definition athletes (e.g., Minelli, Rapaport, & Kaiser, 1992). Equating steroid use with athletic participation may lead to empirical oversights.…”

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A Comparison of Health Risk Behavior in Adolescent Users of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids, by Gender and Athlete Status

Miller¹,

Barnes²,

Sabo³

et al. 2002

Sociology of Sport Journal

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Contrary to popular assumption, adolescent anabolic-androgenic steroid use is not limited to serious male athletes. This paper examines the relationships among gender, athletic participation, and health-related problem behaviors among adolescent steroid users. Regression analyses were performed on a nationally representative sample of over 16,000 high school students (the 1997 Youth Risk Behavior Survey), of whom nearly 500 had used steroids. Compared to nonusers, steroid users were significantly more likely to report substance use, suicidal behavior, and sexual risk-taking; however, patterns of risk behavior varied by the user’s athletic status and gender. After controlling for age, race, ethnicity, and parental education, both athletic participation and female gender were negatively associated with most risk behaviors among users of anabolic steroids.

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Adolescent Anabolic Steroid Use, Gender, Physical Activity, and Other Problem Behaviors

Miller

Hoffman

Barnes

et al. 2005

Substance Use & Misuse

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To test the comparative value of strain theory and problem behavior theory as explanations of adolescent anabolic steroid use, this study examined gender-specific relationships among steroid use, physical activity, and other problem behaviors. Based on the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 1997 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, a nationally representative sample of over 16,000 U.S. public and private high school students, binge drinking, cocaine use, fighting, and sexual risk-taking were associated with higher odds of lifetime steroid use. In gender-specific analyses, steroid use was strongly associated with female fighting and smokeless tobacco use as well as male sexual risk. Neither athletic participation nor strength conditioning predicted odds of steroid use after controlling for problem behaviors, nor did steroid-using athletes report more frequent use than steroid-using nonathletes. The study's limitations and policy implications were noted. These data suggest that other problem behaviors such as substance use, fighting, and sexual risk are better predictors of adolescent steroid use than physical activity. Interventions to prevent steroid use should not be limited to male participants in organized sports programs, but should also target adolescents identified as at risk for other problem behaviors.

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Preventing Steroid Use—The Role of the Health/Physical Educator

Cited by 3 publications

References 14 publications

Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Use and other Adolescent Problem Behaviors: Rethinking the Male Athlete Assumption

Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Use and other Adolescent Problem Behaviors: Rethinking the Male Athlete Assumption

A Comparison of Health Risk Behavior in Adolescent Users of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids, by Gender and Athlete Status

Adolescent Anabolic Steroid Use, Gender, Physical Activity, and Other Problem Behaviors

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