the moral reasoning of student athletes and athletic training students

Team Indiv. ATS
F % F % F %
Most common reasons to take the prescription
Ian is Being a team player; his teammates would do the same if they were in a
similar situation.
8 26.7 1 14.3 2 100
Ian has no alternative but to take his destiny and the law into his own hands. 11 37.9 2 28.6 0 0.0
If Ian is caught he will not be punished because Ian’s case qualifies as
therapeutic use because a physician signed the prescription.
11 37.9 4 57.1 0 0.0
Most common reasons why participants couldn’t decide
As long as it does not impact me I do not care. 10 40.0 3 33.3 1 20.0
No one has the right to judge what is right or wrong for Ian and William 6 24.0 2 22.2 2 40.0
This is a complicated situation and making the right decision is not clear-cut or
simple.
7 28.0 4 44.4 1 20.0
Most common reasons Ian should not take the prescription medication
Ian and William may be fined and kicked off the team. 20 33.3 6 26.1 1 5.3
If Ian considers himself an honest and decent man he would not take the
prescription medication to enhance his performance.
23 38.3 6 26.1 15 78.9
Ian’s coach is putting sport above human dignity or consideration of fellow man. 14 23.3 9 39.1 3 15.8
Hypothesis Five
No difference exists by gender of athletic training students and student athletes in the moral
reasoning of doping in sport using the EAMCI.
× A significant difference was found (p < .05) by gender on EAMCI scores for the moral
reasoning of doping in sport. F (1,173) = 11.54, p = .001. Females, regardless of status,
(M = 8.53 + 1.12) scored significantly higher on moral reasoning compared to males (M
= 7.60 + 1.65) (see Table 4 for descriptive data).
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