COMPARISON OF DRUG RELATED ATTITUDE  OF NATIONAL AND UNIVERSITY LEVEL WEIGHT LIFTERS

Dr. Hukum Singh

ABSTRACT

A study was conducted on Comparison of drug related Attitude of national and university level weight lifters. Two hundred male national and university level weightlifters were selected as the subjects for this study. The subjects were contacted during All India Inter-University and National Championship. The data was collected through questionnaire method. A set of thirty questions covering the attitude towards the drugs were constructed. A lot of information from weight lifting coaches and other experts in the field of health, fitness and sports were collected before the construction of questionnaires. This knowledge was incorporated in the questionnaires, so an appropriate questionnaires were made. To Compare the Drug related attitude of national and university level weightlifters Chi-Square test were used and for testing the hypothesis the level of significance for the study was chosen as .05. Statistical Decision- Combined chi-square 524.24 is greater than chi-square at .05 (120). Hypothesis may be rejected that there would be no significant Association between national and university level weight lifters towards drug related attitude. It may be concluded that there were significant differences between national and university level weight lifters towards drug related attitude.

Keywords: Drug abuse, Attitude, medicine, Steroids and Doping.