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Dorica Sajber

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Toward Prevention of Doping in Youth Sport: Cross-Sectional Analysis of Correlates of Doping Tendency in Swimming.

2019

Doping is recognized as one of the most important problems in sports, but a limited number of studies have investigated doping problems in youth athletes. This study aimed to evaluate doping tendency (potential doping behavior (PDB)) and correlates of PDB in youth age swimmers. The participants were 241 competitive swimmers (131 females

MalepubertyknowledgeYounger ageAdolescentCross-sectional studyHealth Toxicology and MutagenesisSloveniainformation scienceSports nutritionCoachingArticle03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineRisk FactorsAchievement Knowledge Performance enhancement PubertyHumansnatural sciences030212 general & internal medicineRisk factorSwimmingMultinomial logistic regressionDoping in SportsSettore M-EDF/02 - Metodi E Didattiche Delle Attivita' SportiveDescriptive statisticsbiologyAthletesbusiness.industryYouth SportsachievementPublic Health Environmental and Occupational Health030229 sport sciencesbiology.organism_classificationperformance enhancementCross-Sectional StudiesAdolescent BehaviorAthletesFemalePsychologybusinesshuman activitiesachievement ; knowledge ; performance enhancement ; pubertyDemography
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Factors associated with potential doping behavior in Olympic-sailing: A gender-specific analysis

2019

BACKGROUND: Olympic-sailing is not contaminated with doping, and special efforts are needed to keep this sport free of doping. The aim of this study was to evaluate factors associated with potential doping behavior (PDB) in professional Olympic sailors. METHODS: The sample of participants were professional Olympic Laser class athletes (N.=80, 39 females ; all >18 years). Data were collected through previously validated questionnaires, utilizing sociodemographic-variables, sport- related- factors, and various factors of hesitation against doping (predictors), and PDB (criterion). To calculate the associations between predictors and the criterion, gender- stratified logistic regression models…

Athletic performance ; Doping in sports ; SportsAthletic performanceDopingPhysical Therapy Sports Therapy and RehabilitationOrthopedics and Sports MedicineDoping in sportsPsychologyhuman activitiesEngineering physicsSports
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