Mindfulness, psychological well-being and doping in talented young high-school athletes
dc.contributor.author | Nolte, Kim | |
dc.contributor.author | Steyn, Barend Johannes Marthinus | |
dc.contributor.author | Kruger, Pieter Ernst | |
dc.contributor.author | Fletcher, Lizelle | |
dc.contributor.email | kim.nolte@up.ac.za | en_ZA |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-24T06:29:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-08-24T06:29:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.description.abstract | The 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.department | Physiology | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Statistics | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | am2016 | en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship | The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.ajol.info/index.php/sajrs | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://academic.sun.ac.zasajrsper | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Nolte, 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.issn | 0379-9069 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/56464 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Southern African Alliance for Sport Science, Physical Education and Recreation | en_ZA |
dc.rights | Southern African Alliance for Sport Science, Physical Education and Recreation | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Anti-doping | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Performance-enhancing drugs | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Psychological well-being | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Mindfulness | en_ZA |
dc.title | Mindfulness, psychological well-being and doping in talented young high-school athletes | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |