Doping among Professional Athletes in Iran: A Test of Akers' Social Learning Theory

• In Event: Empirical Tests of Social Learning, Self-Control, and General Strain Theories in International Contexts

Abstract

This papers employs structural equation modeling with self-report data on the use of performance enhancing drugs (i.e., "doping") among a random sample of professional athletes from Rasht, Iran, to test Akers' social learning theory. The results provide strong evidence in support of social learning theory

Authors

• Saeed Kabiri, University of Mazandaran

• Bernadette J. Stewart, University of South Florida

• John Cochran, University of South Florida

• Mahmoud Sharepour, University of Mazandaran

• Mohammad Mahdi Rahmati, University of Guilan

• Syede Massomeh Shadmanfaat, University of Guilan