Factors associated with adolescent use of doping agents: anabolic-androgenic steroids

Aims. The purpose was to assess the importance of risk factors such as socio‐demographics, sports activities, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, use of certain psychotropic substances and violence in the use of doping agents in adolescents. Design. Cross‐sectional survey using anonymous closed respon...

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Published in:Addiction (Abingdon, England) England), 1999-04, Vol.94 (4), p.543-553
Main Authors: Kindlundh, Anna M.S., Isacson, Dag G.L., Berglund, Lars, Nyberg, Fred
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abuse
Addiction
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Adolescents
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anabolic Agents - administration & dosage
Anabolic steroids
Athletes
Biological and medical sciences
Cross-Sectional Studies
Drug Abuse
Drug use
Drugs & sports
High School Students
High schools
Humans
Male
Males
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotropic Drugs
Risk
Risk Factors
Sport
Sports Participation
Steroids
Students
Substance abuse
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Sweden
Sweden - epidemiology
Teenagers
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Summary:Aims. The purpose was to assess the importance of risk factors such as socio‐demographics, sports activities, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, use of certain psychotropic substances and violence in the use of doping agents in adolescents. Design. Cross‐sectional survey using anonymous closed response questionnaire. Setting. Eight senior high schools in Uppsala, Sweden. Participants. A total of 2742 senior high school students; 1592 were in their first year (aged 16‐17 years) and 1150 in their third (aged 18‐19 years). Findings. Multiple logistic regression analyses revealed that strength training, tobacco use, heavy alcohol consumption, truancy at least once a week and living alone were significantly independently associated in the use of doping agents. Further, the study showed that use of cannabis oil, LSD, amphetamine and opioids were related specifically to anabolic‐androgenic steroid use. Conclusions. Use of doping agents probably involves more than a desire to enhance appearance or sports performance and appears to have much in common with use of alcohol, tobacco and psychotropic drugs.
ISSN:0965-2140
1360-0443
1360-0443
DOI:10.1046/j.1360-0443.1999.9445439.x