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Performance Enhancing Drugs RQ: How do performance enhancing drugs affect your body and the impact it has on teen athletes?
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Judgments of the Fairness of Using Performance Enhancing Drugs (Monterosso, John, and John Sabini. "Judgments of the Fairness of Using Performance Enhancing Drugs." N.p., 27 Jan. 2005. Web. 23 May 2015.
This article includes an experiment done at U Penn with undergraduate males and females going over all their blood tesing and getting all of their information. The officials then explain to them what they would need to build a weak muslce but including the effects with it. From student to student it seemed that the majority did not want anything to do with it because of the effects to your body. This article is important because it highlights why someone would need a PED and what it does to you -
Growth hormone, IGF-I and insulin and their abuse in sport ( Holt, R.I.G. "Growth Hormone, IGF-I and Insulin and Their Abuse in Sport." N.p., 7 June 2008. Web. 23 May 2015.
This article is about mostly HGH and how it comes into play with insulin. HGH is a more comon PED, yet when administering large doses by yourself it can be extremely dangerous. Taking large amounts without true knowledge of its effects can really play games with your insulin levels. When that happens your body can go through some interesting changes that is not natural. This article is key because it is a more detailed list of facts and cause and effect problems. -
Performance-enhancing drugs snare nonathletes, too (Hosey, Robert G., and Marifel Mitzi F. Fernandez. "Performance-enhancing Drugs Snare Nonathletes, Too." N.p., 23 Jan. 2009. Web. 23 May 2015.
The article focuses mainly on the actual use of performance-enhancing substances. It explains various problems regarding performance-enhancing drugs including its many names, the reason patients use them, and the negative effects associated with it. This source is critical because it goes over the main points of the negative effects of PED's. While at the same, this article goes over who takes uses them and why. -
Superhuman athletes (Thompson, Helen. "Superhuman Athletes." N.p., 19 July 2012. Web. 23 May 2015.
UK sprinter Dwain Chambers is faced with a highly competitive race in the Olympics. He is not sure if he should use PED's or not and his thorough decision why. This article is perfect because it puts us in an actual athlete's mindset during their thought process. Of course people know it is not good for you, but depending on the situation you are faced with you might just decide to do the wrong thing. -
The enhanced warfighter (Ford, Kenneth, and Clark Glymour. "The Enhanced Warfighter." N.p., 23 Jan. 2014. Web. 23 May 2015.
This article pertains to scientifically creating the "enhanced warfighter". Similar to the movie Captain America, this article speaks about how we can build the perfect fighters with the use of performance enhancing drugs. This is obviously controversial because PED's tend to negatively effect the body eventually so why would we want that in the bodies of the people fighting for our freedoms? This article goes to show how people view PED's as a positive way to make us stronger. -
USING THEORY of PLANNED BEHAVIOR to PREDICT NONMEDICAL ANABOLIC STEROID USE IN YOUNG ADULTS (Enaker, Vitesh. "USING THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR TO PREDICT NONMEDICAL ANABOLIC STEROID USE IN YOUNG ADULTS." N.p., 18 Mar. 2014. Web. 23 May 2015.
The Theory of Planned Behavior is applied to predict behavior, and by using the elements of the Theory of Planned Behavior it can really help to prevent steroid use. Nonmedical anabolic steroid use affects as many as three million Americans. This theory holds significant value in determing the best way to eliminate uses at least not done by a doctor. This unlocks why PED's are becoming more and more common as well.