Motivations for Anabolic Steroid use Among Bodybuilders

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ID4227339
AutoresSam Wright (0000-0003-2045-8433), Sarah Grogan (0000-0002-7510-765X, Manchester Metropolitan University), Geoff Hunter (Salford Community Drug Advisory Service, Swinton, UK)
Ano2000
Volume5
Fascículo4
Páginas566-571
Data de publicação2000-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/135910530000500413
PMID22049197
OpenAlexW2090364280
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas20
Referências citadas7

Steroid use is increasing, in parallel with rising concerns about body image. This study aimed to uncover bodybuilders' motivations for using steroids using 135 questionnaires completed by readers of two bodybuilding magazines. The analyses reveal a polarization of beliefs about steroids between users and non-users. Steroid users were less likely to be concerned about the physical side effects, and many believed that steroids are not harmful in moderation, and that only 'ignorant people' criticize steroid use. Their main motivations for using steroids were: wanting to excel at competitive bodybuilding; wanting to be more muscular; and feelings of enhanced confidence. The fact that steroid users in the sample were 'stacking' dangerously high levels of steroids (up to 15 steroids at a time) reveals the need for a detailed understanding of the motivations for steroid use in order to inform the development of effective harm minimization messages

Anabolic steroid · Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids · Anabolism · Feeling · Harm · Hormone · Moderation · Steroid · Steroid use · Doping in Sports · Hormonal and reproductive studies · Medicine · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Endocrinology · Internal Medicine · Social Psychology