Mindfulness, psychological well-being and doping in talented young high-school athletes

dc.contributor.authorNolte, Kim
dc.contributor.authorSteyn, Barend Johannes Marthinus
dc.contributor.authorKruger, Pieter Ernst
dc.contributor.authorFletcher, Lizelle
dc.contributor.emailkim.nolte@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-24T06:29:03Z
dc.date.available2016-08-24T06:29:03Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe primary aim of this research was to determine how mindfulness and psychological well-being relate to the propensity to use Performance-Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) in a sample of talented young athletes. A secondary aim was to determine how mindfulness and psychological well-being are related. This was a survey study with a quantitative research approach. South African Academy athletes at a high performance centre and competitive high school athletes from four private high schools participated in the survey. In the survey, two validated questionnaires (Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire [FFMQ] and Ryff's Psychological Well-being Scale), and a self-constructed questionnaire to establish the propensity of athletes to use PEDs were employed. 346 athletes (208 boys, 138 girls) aged M=16.0, SD=1.4 years participated. There was a significant correlation (r=0.32, p=0.00) between overall mindfulness and psychological well-being as measured by the FFMQ and Ryff's Psychological Well-being Scale respectively. Two possible predictors of propensity to use PEDs were identified by means of logistic regression and cross tabulation. It is concluded that mindfulness and psychological well-being were inversely related to the propensity to use PEDs.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentPhysiologyen_ZA
dc.description.departmentStatisticsen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2016en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThe World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.ajol.info/index.php/sajrsen_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://academic.sun.ac.zasajrsperen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNolte, K, Steyn, BJM, Kruger, PE & Fletcher, L 2016, 'Mindfulness, psychological well-being and doping in talented young high-school athletes', South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education and Recreation/Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Navorsing in Sport, Liggaamlike Opvoedkunde en Ontspanning, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 153-165.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0379-9069
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/56464
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherSouthern African Alliance for Sport Science, Physical Education and Recreationen_ZA
dc.rightsSouthern African Alliance for Sport Science, Physical Education and Recreationen_ZA
dc.subjectAnti-dopingen_ZA
dc.subjectPerformance-enhancing drugsen_ZA
dc.subjectPsychological well-beingen_ZA
dc.subjectMindfulnessen_ZA
dc.titleMindfulness, psychological well-being and doping in talented young high-school athletesen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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