the moral reasoning of student athletes and athletic training students
the moral reasoning of student athletes and athletic training students
the moral reasoning of student athletes and athletic training students
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Table 2. Means <strong>and</strong> st<strong>and</strong>ard deviations for <strong>the</strong> interaction <strong>of</strong> gender by status on HBVCI<br />
Males<br />
Females<br />
N Mean Sd N Mean Sd<br />
Team Sport 69 25.06 8.05 55 33.96 8.73<br />
Individual Sport 15 27.47 10.48 24 30.71 7.71<br />
Athletic Training Students 10 29.50 3.24 16 32.69 5.89<br />
Results <strong>of</strong> Ergogenic Aids Moral Competence Inventory<br />
Hypo<strong>the</strong>sis Four<br />
No difference exists by status in <strong>the</strong> <strong>moral</strong> <strong>reasoning</strong> <strong>of</strong> doping in sport using <strong>the</strong> EAMCI.<br />
× A significant difference was found (p < .05) by status on EAMCI scores for <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>moral</strong> <strong>reasoning</strong> <strong>of</strong> doping in sport. F (2,173) = 3.03, p = .05. Athletic <strong>training</strong><br />
<strong>student</strong>s scored slightly higher (M = 8.73 + 1.28) than individual sport <strong>athletes</strong> (M<br />
= 8.15 + 1.50) <strong>and</strong> team sport <strong>athletes</strong> (M = 7.93 + 1.46) (see Table 3 for<br />
descriptive data).<br />
The EAMCI required participants to make a choice about what <strong>the</strong> subject <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> scenario<br />
should do. After making <strong>the</strong> decision participants were required to rank <strong>the</strong> three reasons<br />
provided that correspond to <strong>the</strong> decision <strong>the</strong>y chose in order <strong>of</strong> most important to least important<br />
in making <strong>the</strong>ir decisions. For example, if a participant decided to select take <strong>the</strong> drug <strong>the</strong>n he or<br />
she was asked to rank <strong>the</strong> reasons such as it’s not illegal, everybody’s doing it, <strong>and</strong> it’s not<br />
technically cheating.<br />
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