@article{ref1,
title="Attitudes towards doping in Spanish road cycling national teams",
journal="International journal of sport psychology",
year="2014",
author="Morente-Sanchez, Jaime and Mateo-March, Manuel and Zabala, Mikel",
volume="45",
number="2",
pages="157-170",
abstract="The aim was to compare attitudes towards doping in cyclists from the Spanish National road cycling teams. 33 cyclists aged 18.62 +/- 2.88 years were allocated to four groups (junior men, under-23 men, junior women, and elite women). We used the Performance Enhancement Attitude Scale (PEAS) and a qualitative open-ended questionnaire. The overall PEAS score (17-102) was 34.91 +/- 6.62. The word most associated with &quot;doping&quot; was &quot;cheating&quot; (% n: 42.42; % total answers: 14.89%), for &quot;agents responsible for doping&quot; it was &quot;doctor&quot; (84.85%, 30.11%), the &quot;main reason&quot; was &quot;sport achievement&quot; (100%, 50.75%) and the most proposed solution was &quot;more controls&quot; (36.36%; 29.27%). Many riders stated that &quot;cycling and other sports are treated differently&quot; (66.67%, 47.83%). Thus, Spanish elite road cyclists do not support doping, though younger cyclists showed more pro-doping attitudes; alongside controls, early age prevention programs may be effective to educate both cyclists and their close people.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0047-0767",
doi="10.7352/IJSP.2014.45.157",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7352/IJSP.2014.45.157"
}