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Use of anabolic-androgenic steroids in adolescence: winning, looking good or being bad?
- Source :
- Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 62:5-13
- Publication Year :
- 2001
- Publisher :
- Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc., 2001.
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Abstract
- To investigate the prevalence of anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) use among Norwegian adolescents and to contrast three perspectives on AAS use: performance enhancement in sports competition, body image and eating concerns, and AAS-use as belonging to a cluster of problem behaviors.A nationally representative sample of 8,877 (53.8% female) Norwegian youths (15-22 years of age) were surveyed (response rate 78%). Sports participation included measures of participation in strength sports, participation in competitive sports, strength training and perceived athletic competence. Body image and eating concerns included measures of disordered eating, perceived physical appearance and satisfaction with body parts. Problem behavior was measured by three dimensions of conduct problems (overt destruction, overt nondestruction and covert destruction), illicit drug use and sexual involvement.Information about AAS was obtained from 8,508 subjects. Lifetime AAS use was 0.8% (1.2% male and 0.6% female), 12-month prevalence was 0.3% and 5.1% had been offered AAS. AAS use did not vary according to sports involvement and demographics. Logistic regression analyses showed that AAS use was associated with such problem behavior as marijuana (cannabis) involvement and overt nondestruction (e.g., aggressive-type conduct problems) and, to some extent, with involvement in power sports and disordered eating. AAS users differed little from those who had been offered but refrained from using AAS, except that they were more likely to be current marijuana users.Adolescent AAS use seems primarily to be another type of problem behavior and only secondarily is it associated with strength-sport participation and disordered eating.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Substance-Related Disorders
Cross-sectional study
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Poison control
Norwegian
Human physical appearance
Suicide prevention
Anabolic Agents
Surveys and Questionnaires
Injury prevention
Body Image
medicine
Humans
Disordered eating
Child
Testosterone Congeners
General Psychology
Norway
business.industry
Human factors and ergonomics
Self Concept
language.human_language
Surgery
Cross-Sectional Studies
language
Female
business
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19342683 and 0096882X
- Volume :
- 62
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Studies on Alcohol
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ef362d2b8579153d1f6bc1ce0ea6c63c