Relationship between doping attitudes, passion, and mental toughness in young athletes in individual sports
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https://doi.org/10.5016/bjsphd.v1i1.19440Keywords:
Esportes individuais; Psicologia do esporte; DopingAbstract
To analyze the relationship between Doping Attitudes, Passion and Mental Toughness in athletes of individual sports. METHODS: A total of 251 athletes of individual sports participated, with a mean age of 18.3±2.9 years; participants of different competitive levels (international, national and state). The following instruments were used: Performance Improvement Attitude Scale, Passion Scale and Mental Toughness Scale. Data analysis was conducted using the Shapiro-Wilk, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis, Spearman Correlation Coefficient and Network Analysis (LASSO) tests. RESULTS: A significant difference was found in the time of experience and training hours (p<0.01) between men and women, and in the training hours as a function of remuneration (p<0.01). Significant positive correlations (p<0.01) were found between competitive levels and experience time (r=0.53) and training hours (r=0.54), obsessive passion correlated positively (p<0.01) with harmonious passion (r=0.30) and mental toughness (r=0.30); while doping attitudes showed a significant inverse correlation (p<0.05) with harmonious passion (r=-0.16) and mental toughness (r=-0.14). Network analysis revealed significant correlations between doping attitudes and remuneration status (r=0.07), harmonious passion (r=-0.07), mental toughness (r=-0.05) and competitive level (r=-0.01). CONCLUSION: Higher levels of harmonious passion and mental toughness may be related to less favorable attitudes toward doping, or less permissive toward its use in sports; on the other hand, receiving a salary or financial aid for practicing sports had a positive relationship with doping attitudes, possibly because some athletes feel more pressured to perform well in order to preserve their source of income.
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