Abstract
Objectives: This preliminary study examined whether implicit doping attitude, explicit doping attitude, or both, predicted athletes' vigilance towards unintentional doping. Design: A cross-sectional correlational design. Methods: Australian athletes (N=143; M age =18.13, SD = 4.63) completed measures of implicit doping attitude (brief single-category implicit association test), explicit doping attitude (Performance Enhancement Attitude Scale), avoidance of unintentional doping (Self-Reported Treatment Adherence Scale), and behavioural vigilance task of unintentional doping (reading the ingredients of an unfamiliar food product). Results: Positive implicit doping attitude and explicit doping attitude were negatively related to athletes' likelihood of reading the ingredients table of an unfamiliar food product, and positively related to athletes' vigilance towards unintentional doping. Neither attitude measures predicted avoidance of unintentional doping. Overall, the magnitude of associations by implicit doping attitude appeared to be stronger than that of explicit doping attitude. Conclusions: Athletes with positive implicit and explicit doping attitudes were less likely to read the ingredients table of an unknown food product, but were more likely to be aware of the possible presence of banned substances in a certain food product. Implicit doping attitude appeared to explain athletes' behavioural response to the avoidance of unintentional doping beyond variance explained by explicit doping attitude.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 238-244 |
| Journal | Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - Mar 2018 |
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Implicit versus explicit attitude to doping : Which better predicts athletes' vigilance towards unintentional doping? / Chan, Derwin King Chung; Keatley, David A.; Tang, Tracy C.W.; Dimmock, James A.; Hagger, Martin S.
In: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, Vol. 21, No. 3, 03.2018, p. 238-244.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Implicit versus explicit attitude to doping
T2 - Which better predicts athletes' vigilance towards unintentional doping?
AU - Chan, Derwin King Chung
AU - Keatley, David A.
AU - Tang, Tracy C.W.
AU - Dimmock, James A.
AU - Hagger, Martin S.
PY - 2018/3
Y1 - 2018/3
N2 - Objectives: This preliminary study examined whether implicit doping attitude, explicit doping attitude, or both, predicted athletes' vigilance towards unintentional doping. Design: A cross-sectional correlational design. Methods: Australian athletes (N=143; M age =18.13, SD = 4.63) completed measures of implicit doping attitude (brief single-category implicit association test), explicit doping attitude (Performance Enhancement Attitude Scale), avoidance of unintentional doping (Self-Reported Treatment Adherence Scale), and behavioural vigilance task of unintentional doping (reading the ingredients of an unfamiliar food product). Results: Positive implicit doping attitude and explicit doping attitude were negatively related to athletes' likelihood of reading the ingredients table of an unfamiliar food product, and positively related to athletes' vigilance towards unintentional doping. Neither attitude measures predicted avoidance of unintentional doping. Overall, the magnitude of associations by implicit doping attitude appeared to be stronger than that of explicit doping attitude. Conclusions: Athletes with positive implicit and explicit doping attitudes were less likely to read the ingredients table of an unknown food product, but were more likely to be aware of the possible presence of banned substances in a certain food product. Implicit doping attitude appeared to explain athletes' behavioural response to the avoidance of unintentional doping beyond variance explained by explicit doping attitude.
AB - Objectives: This preliminary study examined whether implicit doping attitude, explicit doping attitude, or both, predicted athletes' vigilance towards unintentional doping. Design: A cross-sectional correlational design. Methods: Australian athletes (N=143; M age =18.13, SD = 4.63) completed measures of implicit doping attitude (brief single-category implicit association test), explicit doping attitude (Performance Enhancement Attitude Scale), avoidance of unintentional doping (Self-Reported Treatment Adherence Scale), and behavioural vigilance task of unintentional doping (reading the ingredients of an unfamiliar food product). Results: Positive implicit doping attitude and explicit doping attitude were negatively related to athletes' likelihood of reading the ingredients table of an unfamiliar food product, and positively related to athletes' vigilance towards unintentional doping. Neither attitude measures predicted avoidance of unintentional doping. Overall, the magnitude of associations by implicit doping attitude appeared to be stronger than that of explicit doping attitude. Conclusions: Athletes with positive implicit and explicit doping attitudes were less likely to read the ingredients table of an unknown food product, but were more likely to be aware of the possible presence of banned substances in a certain food product. Implicit doping attitude appeared to explain athletes' behavioural response to the avoidance of unintentional doping beyond variance explained by explicit doping attitude.
KW - Doping in sport
KW - Implicit association test
KW - Performance enhancing drugs
KW - Prohibited substances
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85020384986&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jsams.2017.05.020
DO - 10.1016/j.jsams.2017.05.020
M3 - Article
VL - 21
SP - 238
EP - 244
JO - Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
JF - Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
SN - 1440-2440
IS - 3
ER -