A Systematic Examination of Gain- and Loss-Framed Content in Educational Resources Targeting the Prevention of Performance Enhancing Substance Use Among Athletes. Issue 4 (1st October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Duncan, Lindsay R.; Hallward, Laura; Ziavras, Anastasia
• Is Part Of: Journal of applied sport psychology. Volume 28:Issue 4(2016)
• Page Start: 426
• Page End: 436
• Publication Date: 2016-10-01
• Subjects: Sports -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Exercise -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; 796.019
• DOI: 10.1080/10413200.2016.1174965
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1041-3200

Abstract

Abstract : The purpose of this study was to systematically identify educational health messages aimed at preventing doping among adolescent athletes to determine and evaluate the degree to which they include gain- and loss-framed content. We systematically searched for educational resources that targeted the prevention of performance-enhancing substance use and reviewed their content for framed messages. Our search yielded 60 resources with 88.40% non-framed and 11.37% loss-framed. The resources included almost no gain-framed content (0.23%) despite theoretical suggestions that gain-framed messages may be effective in this context. Our findings suggest a need to test gain-framed doping prevention messages as a means to enhance the efficacy of doping prevention initiatives.