Study of An Anti-Doping Education Program in Spanish Sports Sciences Students
Doping continues to be one of the biggest risks to the credibility of elite sports, and its practice remains widespread among athletes despite improved controls. Athletes’ support personnel could be key to preventing doping behavior. In this sense, anti-doping education for this population appears a...
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| author | García-Martí, Carlos Ospina-Betancurt, Jonathan Asensio Castañeda, Eva López Chamorro, José María |
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| description | Doping continues to be one of the biggest risks to the credibility of elite sports, and its practice remains widespread among athletes despite improved controls. Athletes’ support personnel could be key to preventing doping behavior. In this sense, anti-doping education for this population appears as a possible strategy to reduce doping behaviors in elite sport, but these programs must be evaluated and designed based on scientific evidence. The aim of this research is to explore the impact of an anti-doping education program about substances perceived efficacy, ill-health short- and long-term effects, and the morality of doping substance use in Spanish sports sciences students. Method: A total of 145 students of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences (PASS) from different Spanish universities who took an online anti-doping educational course of the Spanish Anti-Doping Commission (CELAD) answered a questionnaire on their perceptions about doping before, after, and four months later. Results: The results show that the course reduced students’ ignorance about the effects of substances on performance and health and increased their moral judgment and feelings against doping. Discussion: The results are in line with previous research that showed that the moral stance against doping can be improved through educational programs. Conclusion: Online educational interventions can be effective in reducing doping behavior, so their future implementation among ASP can be an effective strategy to reduce doping behavior. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-141352023-11-03T09:17:23Z Study of An Anti-Doping Education Program in Spanish Sports Sciences Students García-Martí, Carlos Ospina-Betancurt, Jonathan Asensio Castañeda, Eva López Chamorro, José María doping education Spain anti-doping intervention PASS Doping continues to be one of the biggest risks to the credibility of elite sports, and its practice remains widespread among athletes despite improved controls. Athletes’ support personnel could be key to preventing doping behavior. In this sense, anti-doping education for this population appears as a possible strategy to reduce doping behaviors in elite sport, but these programs must be evaluated and designed based on scientific evidence. The aim of this research is to explore the impact of an anti-doping education program about substances perceived efficacy, ill-health short- and long-term effects, and the morality of doping substance use in Spanish sports sciences students. Method: A total of 145 students of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences (PASS) from different Spanish universities who took an online anti-doping educational course of the Spanish Anti-Doping Commission (CELAD) answered a questionnaire on their perceptions about doping before, after, and four months later. Results: The results show that the course reduced students’ ignorance about the effects of substances on performance and health and increased their moral judgment and feelings against doping. Discussion: The results are in line with previous research that showed that the moral stance against doping can be improved through educational programs. Conclusion: Online educational interventions can be effective in reducing doping behavior, so their future implementation among ASP can be an effective strategy to reduce doping behavior. 2022-12-20T14:24:39Z 2022-12-20T14:24:39Z 2022-12-06 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1660-4601 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/14135 10.3390/ijerph192316324 en https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/23/16324 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
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| title | Study of An Anti-Doping Education Program in Spanish Sports Sciences Students |
| title_full | Study of An Anti-Doping Education Program in Spanish Sports Sciences Students |
| title_fullStr | Study of An Anti-Doping Education Program in Spanish Sports Sciences Students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Study of An Anti-Doping Education Program in Spanish Sports Sciences Students |
| title_short | Study of An Anti-Doping Education Program in Spanish Sports Sciences Students |
| title_sort | study of an anti-doping education program in spanish sports sciences students |
| topic | doping education Spain anti-doping intervention PASS |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/14135 |
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