Religiousness as a Factor of Hesitation Against Doping Behavior in College-Age Athletes

Zenić, Nataša; Stipic, Marija; Sekulić, Damir

doi:10.1007/s10943-011-9480-x

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“…College athletes with strong religious affiliation were also less likely to use substances as spirituality was a factor in the hesitation against doping behavior (Zenic, Stipic, & Sekulic, 2013).…”

Section: Alcohol Usementioning

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Taking a Timeout to Ensure Well-Being: Social Work Involvement in College Sports

Moore

2016

Social Work

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Section: Alcohol Usementioning

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Taking a Timeout to Ensure Well-Being: Social Work Involvement in College Sports

Moore

2016

Social Work

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“…Validated 33-item self-report measure of the need to respond in culturally accepted ways (Crowne & Marlowe, 1960 Validated 10-item measure of the strength of religious faith (Plante, & Boccaccini, 1997a;1997b) Cavar, Sekulic, & Culjak, 2012Zenic, Stipic, & Sekulic, 2013 Validated multidimensional 28 item self-reported measure of sport-specific motivation (Pelletier, Fortier, Vallerand, Tuson, & Briere, 1995) Barkoukis, et al, 2011…”

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A call for policy guidance on psychometric testing in doping control in sport

Petróczi¹,

Backhouse²,

Barkoukis³

et al. 2015

International Journal of Drug Policy

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One of the fundamental challenges in anti-doping is identifying athletes who use, or are at risk of using, prohibited performance enhancing substances. The growing trend to employ a forensic approach to doping control aims to integrate information from social sciences (e.g., psychology of doping) into organised intelligence to protect clean sport. Beyond the foreseeable consequences of a positive identification as a doping user, this task is further complicated by the discrepancy between what constitutes a doping offence in the World Anti-Doping Code and operationalized in doping research. Whilst psychology plays an important role in developing our understanding of doping behaviour in order to inform intervention and prevention, its contribution to the array of doping diagnostic tools is still in its infancy. In both research and forensic settings, we must acknowledge that (1) socially desirable responding confounds self-reported psychometric test results and (2) that the cognitive complexity surrounding test performance means that the response–time based measures and the lie detector tests for revealing concealed life-events (e.g., doping use) are prone to produce false or non-interpretable outcomes in field settings. Differences in social-cognitive characteristics of doping behaviour that are tested at group level (doping users vs. non-users) cannot be extrapolated to individuals; nor these psychometric measures used for individual diagnostics. In this paper, we present a position statement calling for policy guidance on appropriate use of psychometric assessments in the pursuit of clean sport. We argue that, to date, both self-reported and response-time based psychometric tests for doping have been designed,tested and validated to explore how athletes feel and think about doping in order to develop a better understanding of doping behaviour, not to establish evidence for doping. A false ‘positive’ psychological profile for doping affects not only the individual ‘clean’ athlete but also their entourage, their organisation and sport itself. The proposed policy guidance aims to protect the global athletic community against social, ethical and legal consequences from potential misuse of psychological tests, including erroneous or incompetent applications as forensic diagnostic tools in both practice and research

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“…However, the relationship between substance misuse and religiosity/spirituality among adolescents is not clear. Accordingly, studies have found that the influence of different religions on the consumption of substances is variable [10][11][12]. Parental factors and parental (i.e., familial) monitoring have generally been found to be protective against cigarette smoking, and studies have been consistent in this regard irrespective of differences in the study populations [13,14].…”

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Cigarette smoking among 17–18 year old adolescents – Prevalence and association with sociodemographic, familial, sport, and scholastic factors

Idrizović¹,

Zenić²,

Tahiraj³

et al. 2015

Med Pr

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Background: Though adolescence is recognised as a critical period for smoking prevention, there is a lack of research focused on this issue in Kosovo. The aim of this study has been to examine the gender-specific factors of influence (predictors) for smoking among adolescents in Pristina, Kosovo. Material and Methods: The study sample comprised 1002 adolescents at the age of 17-18 (366 boys, 636 girls), all of whom were in the school's 12th grade. The predictors included sociodemographic variables, familial (i.e., parental) monitoring, parents' educational background, and sport-related factors. The Chi 2 and forward stepwise logistic regression analyses with a dichotomous criterion (smoking vs. non-smoking) were applied. Results: The incidence of smoking was high (31% and 40% smokers, including 7% and 12% daily smokers for girls and boys, respectively). The regression model revealed more frequent absence from school (odds ratio (OR): 1.544; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.063-2.243), more unexcused school absences (OR: 1.360; 95% CI: 1.029-1.796), and frequent parental questioning (OR: 1.530; 95% CI: 1.020-2.295) to be significant predictors of smoking among boys. For girls, a higher risk of smoking was associated with lower scholastic achievement (OR: 1.467; 95% CI: 1.089-1.977), more frequent absence from school (OR: 1.565; 95% CI: 1.137-2.155), increased conflict with parents (OR: 1.979; 95% CI: 1.405-2.789), and a self-declared perception of less parental care (OR: 0.602; 95% CI: 0.377-0.962). Sports were not found to be strongly related to smoking. However, a high risk of daily smoking was found among boys who participated in team sports and subsequently quit. Conclusions: This study reinforces the need for gender-and culture-specific approaches to studying the factors that influence smoking among adolescents. Med Pr 2015;66(2):153-163

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Religiousness as a Factor of Hesitation Against Doping Behavior in College-Age Athletes

Cited by 25 publications

References 28 publications

Taking a Timeout to Ensure Well-Being: Social Work Involvement in College Sports

Taking a Timeout to Ensure Well-Being: Social Work Involvement in College Sports

A call for policy guidance on psychometric testing in doping control in sport

Cigarette smoking among 17–18 year old adolescents – Prevalence and association with sociodemographic, familial, sport, and scholastic factors

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