Jasem Manouchehri
Secretary General of Asian O-Sport Federation, Iran
Title: Determining Validity and Reliability of Doping Attitude Measurement Instrument in Iranian Young Athletes Society
Biography
Biography: Jasem Manouchehri
Abstract
Doping refers to the use of materials which are belonging to banned or limited drug's group or variable illegal methods. As Juan Antonio Samaranch, president of the International Olympic Committee, doping is a kind of fraud. Using drugs and food supplementary to increase the physical performance and to develop muscle mass has been reported since thousands of years ago. The purpose of this study is to determine validity and reliability of attitude to doping questionnaire. In order to do so, 14-item attitude to doping level measurement questionnaire used in a similar study by Claude Goulet, et al. in Quebec, Canada, was made ready for distribution after being translated, assessed in terms of writing, modification of errors. In this study, 373 young athletes of Pakdasht Township (197 girls and 176 boys) participated. In order to answers in first part(7 questions), each question, 4 answers were considered based on Likert 4-valuation scale (from 1 score with “Never” expression up to score 4 with "Always" expression) and in second part(7 questions), each question, 4 answers were considered based on Likert 4-valuation scale (from -2 score with "Completely inappropriate" expression up to score +2 with "Completely appropriate" expression) were considered which should have been answered. Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient method is used to determine the questionnaire internal stability, while confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was applied to validate structure. The fitting indicators were used to test fitting of the model, including: 1. Wellness indicators, including AGFI, GFI, NFI and badness indicators, including X2/DF and RMSEA, were used.