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The Personal pathway to doping

The Personal pathway to doping. The concept of ‘Individual Risk’ and its implications to sport. Amanda Batt, Education Manager. Objectives of the session. To share and debate the view that ‘doping’ is more than a sport-specific problem To propose ‘doping as an individual risk’ as a concept

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The Personal pathway to doping

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  1. The Personal pathway to doping The concept of ‘Individual Risk’ and its implications to sport Amanda Batt, Education Manager

  2. Objectives of the session • To share and debate the view that ‘doping’ is more than a sport-specific problem • To propose ‘doping as an individual risk’ as a concept • To discuss integration of traditional risk based models to a model that has ‘humans’ at the centre

  3. Progress to date

  4. core influencers Wider societal influences Role models Coaches UKAD/NGBs Parents Health professionals Influencers Teachers Peers UKAD/NGBs Coaches Parents Health professionals Rolemodels Peers Teachers Beginner Elite Gifted and talented Performance development High performance Performance Athlete stages

  5. Progress to date

  6. Athletes as people • This is the starting point...as phenomenal as they are • What do we know about people? • Acceptance that doping is a ‘behaviour’ D O P I N G

  7. So, what do we know Human Nature Athlete development Sociology Performance Psychology

  8. Research • Undertaking by Professor Mike McNamee and Dr Andrew Bloodworth, University of Swansea

  9. Main Conclusions • Doping is a behaviour where a doping decision is preceded by instability, a problem • Common tipping points include: • Career instability, peer pressure, relax from stress, injury before major event, performance plateau, personal distress outside of sport, physiological weaknesses, finance, end of career etc. • Wider attitudes: • Social drugs, adolescent peer groups, family support, early specialisation, sympathy with dopers, supplement use, attitudes of significant others, win at all costs, lack of lifestyle/balance, perception of use • Personality, culture and society • Sport specify and in-depth interventions are required

  10. Personal • Personality (risk taking) • Attitudes • Beliefs (detection) • Values • Morals • Attribution (internal/external) • Low self-esteem • High trait anxiety • Personal distress • Motivation (internal/external) • Low resilience/coping skills SELF-JUSTIFICATION external influence eg reinforcement Attitudes Values Beliefs DECISION Active/Passive DECISION INFLUENCERS Ease , availability, detection, cost/benefit, anticipated regret Options Doping 2 YEARS POI POI POI POI POI POI POI POI POI POI Supplement Use Dabble POSITIVE (ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED) REINFORCEMENT • Social • Family (upbringing) • Relationship with Parents • Peers and peer norms • Social norms POSITIVE • Sport • Early sport experience (high competition) • Sport norms • Sport culture (professional, profile, sponsorship) • Closed sporting environment • Low regard for health (play on mentality) • Supplement use • Problem • Injury • Transition • Finance (maintain, prospect of) • Change in training • Change in results • Career instability • Family problems • Stress • Fear of failure • Pressure – Individual, societal, peer Intention Action Experience Habit Behaviour • Lifestyle • Lack of balance in life • Limited nutritional knowledge • Previous lifestyle behaviours(social drugs, alcohol) INFLUENCE NEGATIVE TIPPING POINT QUESTIONS Stop = Point of Intervention

  11. Personal • Personality (risk taking) • Attitudes • Beliefs (detection) • Values • Morals • Attribution (internal/external) • Low self-esteem • High trait anxiety • Personal distress • Motivation (internal/external) • Low resilience/coping skills DISCUSSION DECISION Active/Passive Attitudes Values Beliefs SELF-JUSTIFICATION external influence eg reinforcement Options DECISION INFLUENCERS Ease , availability, detection, cost/benefit, anticipated regret Doping 2 YEARS Supplement Use Dabble POSITIVE (ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED) REINFORCEMENT • Social • Family (upbringing) • Relationship with Parents • Peers and peer norms • Social norms POSITIVE • Sport • Early sport experience (high competition) • Sport norms • Sport culture (professional, profile, sponsorship) • Closed sporting environment • Low regard for health (play on mentality) • Supplement use • Problem • Injury • Transition • Finance (maintain, prospect of) • Change in training • Change in results • Career instability • Family problems • Stress • Fear of failure • Pressure – Individual, societal, peer Intention Action Experience Habit Behaviour • Lifestyle • Lack of balance in life • Limited nutritional knowledge • Previous lifestyle behaviours(social drugs, alcohol) INFLUENCE NEGATIVE TIPPING POINT QUESTIONS Stop

  12. Risk-based approach

  13. 1:1 interventions, professional support Education, engagement, effective decision making, deterrent tactics Information and awareness Reinforcement of main messages Empower use of tools e.g Global DRO

  14. Final thoughts • Athletes are people first, athletes second and people Have a relationship with risk • Doping is a ‘risky behaviour’.... ....an individual risk • We need ‘people’ at the heart of our evidenced based risk assessment

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