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FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH POTENTIAL DOPING BEHAVIOUR IN OLYMPIC SAILING ; GENDER SPECIFIC ANALYSIS

Introduction: Consumption of doping has many negative consequences and one of the approaches of antidoping campaigns is to investigate which of these consequences are important for each specifi c group of athletes so specifi c and targeted campaigns against doping behaviour can be created (Plagemann et al., 2009). The aim of this study was to evaluate factors associated with potential doping behaviour (PDB) in competitive Olympic sailors. Methods: In this study, we tested competitors in Olympic Laser class (n = 80, 39 females ; all >18 years). Variables were collected by previously validated questionnaires (Rodek et al. 2012, Devcic et al 2018), with PDB as criterion. To establish the relationships between variables and the criterion, multinomial logistic regression models were calculated. Results: Majority of tested athletes observed doping as mainly a fair play issue, and not health threatening behaviour. The signifi cant correlations between factors of hesitation against doping behaviour and PDB were evidenced for all social consequences among men. Meanwhile, for women, the signifi cant correlation with criterion was evidenced solely for one social consequence (e.g. condemnation of the family), and all negative health related consequences. Discussion: Until few years ago, athletes considered doping mostly as health-related problem, but recent studies evidenced change in general perception over the past years as athletes started to look it as mainly fair-play issue (Sekulic et al 2016). The results of this study provided another confi rmation that negative social consequences should be prioritized in anti-doping campaigns. Results for women can be explained with regard to specifi cs of sailing as a sport. Sailing is sport where familiar support is of crucial importance from the very beginning of one’s career and it is particularly important for female athletes. Also, specifi c sailing conditions are particularly demanding for women due to physiological specifi cities of the female body, and therefore women are much responsive to health in general

faktori odvraćanja, jedriličari, prevencija dopinga

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