Barkoukis, V., Harris, P., Rowe, R. orcid.org/0000-0001-5556-3650 et al. (1 more author) (2022) Self-affirmation and image/performance enhancing drug use in recreational exercise. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. ISSN 0270-1367
Abstract
Objectives: The use of image and performance enhancement drugs (IPEDs) in recreational sport represents an emerging public health and societal problem. The present study investigated whether self-affirmation changed exercisers’ intentions to use IPEDs, via the effects of mental construal and message acceptance. Method: Sixty-eight exercisers who self-reported IPEDs use participated in the study and were randomly assigned to either a self-affirmation or a control group. All participants read a health-related message about the 10 consequences of IPEDs and subsequently completed a survey measuring message acceptance, mental construal, doping intentions and IPEDs-related social cognitive variables. Results: There were no significant differences between the self-affirmed and the control groups. Hierarchical linear regression analysis further showed that message acceptance, subjective norms, and situational temptation were significantly associated with intentions to use IPEDs. Conclusion: Our findings raise the possibility that for recreational exercisers IPED’s use is seen mostly as a health-related matter than a socio-moral transgression.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 SHAPE America. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | IPEDs; exercise; recreational sport; self-affirmation; mental construal; message acceptance |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 03 Mar 2022 11:59 |
Last Modified: | 22 Apr 2023 00:13 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2022.2046253 |