Cognitive Correlations and Psychological Morbidities of Doping in Adolescent Athletes in Kermanshah, Iran

authors:

avatar Jalal Shakeri 1 , * , avatar Ali Akbar Parvizifard 2 , avatar Kheirollah Sadeghi 3 , avatar Shahzad Kaviani 3 , avatar Amir Hossein Hashemian 3

Associate professor, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, +98-9181311232, Kermanshah, Iran
Kermanshah Farabi Hospital, Kermanshah, Iran
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences: Vol.3, issue 1; 38-43
published online: June 30, 2009
article type: Original Article
received: January 29, 2009
accepted: March 05, 2009

how to cite: Shakeri J, Parvizifard A A, Sadeghi K, Kaviani S, Hashemian A H. Cognitive Correlations and Psychological Morbidities of Doping in Adolescent Athletes in Kermanshah, Iran. Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci. 2009;3(1): 38-43. 

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to determine the relations between cognitive variables (self efficacy, locus of control, and dysfunctional attitudes) and psychological morbidities with using doping agents in adolescent athletes.
Methods: We conducted a case-control study in Kermanshah among adolescent athletes using 50 athletic drug users with reported use as a case group and 50 athletic nonusers and 50 nonathletic nonusers as controls that were matched on salient demographics. Controls selected by a simple random sampling. They were then studied by self-efficacy questionnaire, locus of control scale, dysfunctional attitude scale, and general health questionnaire. Hypotheses tested by variance analysis and Tukey’s test.
Results: Our findings showed that athletic drug users had a lower self-efficacy, more dysfunctional attitudes, and exhibited external locus of control rather than control groups. They were also more sensitive to psychological morbidity. Most of relations were statistically significant.
Conclusion: Our findings were in accordance with the theoretical basis of cognitive psychology and they are comparable to most of the similar studies.

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