Health beliefs as a key determinant of intent to use anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) among high-school football players: implications for prevention

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dc.contributorVirginia Techen
dc.contributor.authorHalliburton, Amanda E.en
dc.contributor.authorFritz, Matthew S.en
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-31T15:07:12Zen
dc.date.available2017-07-31T15:07:12Zen
dc.date.issued2017-07-05en
dc.description.abstractThe use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) is problematic for youth because of negative effects such as reduced fertility, increased aggression and exposure to toxic chemicals. An effective programme for addressing this problem is Adolescents Training and Learning to Avoid Steroids (ATLAS). This secondary analysis expands prior research by identifying prominent mechanisms of change and highlighting key longitudinal processes that contributed to the success of ATLAS. The current sample consists of highschool football players (N = 1.068; M age = 15.25) who began ATLAS in grades nine through eleven and participated in booster sessions for two years postbaseline. Knowledge of AAS effects, belief in media ads, reasons not to use AAS, perceived severity of and susceptibility to AAS effects and ability to resist drug offers were critical mediators of the relations between ATLAS and outcomes. Modern applications of the ATLAS programme are also discussed.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2017.1344928en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/78487en
dc.identifier.volume2017en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectsteroidsen
dc.subjectmediationen
dc.subjectadolescentsen
dc.subjectpreventionen
dc.subjecthealth behaviouren
dc.titleHealth beliefs as a key determinant of intent to use anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) among high-school football players: implications for preventionen
dc.title.serialInternational Journal of Adolescence and Youthen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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