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

Jalal Shakeri; Ali Akbar Parvizifard; Kheirollah Sadeghi; Shahzad Kaviani; Amir Hossein Hashemian

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

Author(s):

Jalal Shakeri^1,*,

Ali Akbar Parvizifard²,

Kheirollah Sadeghi³,

Shahzad Kaviani³,

Amir Hossein Hashemian³

1Associate professor, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, +98-9181311232, Kermanshah, Iran

2Kermanshah Farabi Hospital, Kermanshah, Iran

3Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

IJ Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences:Vol. 3, issue 1; 38-43

Published online:Jun 30, 2009

Article type:Research Article

Received:Jan 29, 2009

Accepted:Mar 05, 2009

How to Cite:Jalal ShakeriAli Akbar ParvizifardKheirollah SadeghiShahzad KavianiAmir Hossein HashemianCognitive Correlations and Psychological Morbidities of Doping in Adolescent Athletes in Kermanshah, Iran.Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci.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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