Assessment of Performance-Enhancing Behavior among Gym Users

Study Design: A descriptive predictive correlational design was be used to guide this study. Study Objectives: This study aims at assessing the Performance-Enhancing Behavior among Gym Users. Setting: The study was carried out at private gyms for males in Amara City. Sample and Sampling: The sample size was determined using G*Power software based on an effect size of 0.25, alpha error probability of 0.05, a power of 0.90, five groups. Thus, the recommended sample size would be 255. The final sample size is 268. Study Instrument: The self-reported instrument was used for data collection. Data Collection: The data were collected for the period from February 14th, 2022 to March 24th, 2022. Study Results: The finding of the study show that the age mean is 29.65 7.35; more than a half age 20-29-years (n = 150; 56.0%), followed by those who age 30-39-years (n = 84; 31.3%), those who age 40-49-years (n = 30; 11.2%), and those who age 50-59-years (n = 4; 1.5%). Conclusions: This study concluded that the greater the Stimulus Control, the higher the Stages of Change for performance-enhancing substance use the gym user would therein and the greater the Helping Relationships, the higher the Stages of Change for performance-enhancing substance use the gym user would therein