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Authors
Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Jammu, Gujarbasti, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, IN
Source
Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 5, No 7 (2014), Pagination: 83-88
Abstract
The present study examined the strength and difficulties in the path of senior players to achieve a gold medal. When they are not achieving the gold medal, they use many types of doping strategies to reduce their stress. A cross‑sectional analysis of data of 40 senior players aged 20-45 years were selected through purposive sampling. Two questionnaires and one semi-structured interview were carried out on the senior players. Results have shown the perceived stress and coping strategies of senior players range in the normal spectrum, semi-structured interview revealed that players use doping to enhance their performance.
Keywords
Coping, Doping, Perceived Stress.
