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Front Psychol. 2019 Mar 11;10:534. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00534. eCollection 2019.

An Italian Campaign to Promote Anti-doping Culture in High-School Students.

Frontiers in psychology

Roberto Codella, Bill Glad, Livio Luzi, Antonio La Torre, Sleeter, Carmona

Affiliations

  1. Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
  2. Metabolism Research Center, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy.
  3. European Athletics, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  4. IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 30915010 PMCID: PMC6421300 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00534

Abstract

Doping poses a threat to sport worldwide. Studies have revealed that, in addition to elite athletes, amateur and recreational sportsmen and sportswomen are making increasing use of performance-enhancing drugs. Worryingly this trend has been documented among young people. Anti-doping efforts seeking to deter elite athletes from doping through detection of the use of prohibited substances are costly and have not been completely effective either at the top-level or the amateur/recreational level. A thoughtful education program, inspired by honesty and respect, might be more effective in shaping attitudes toward doping in young people and protecting their health. For these reasons, the Italian "Lotta al Doping" (

Keywords: WADA; anti-doping; athletes’ behaviors; athlete’s health; doping

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