ABSTRACT

A Study was conducted on Construction of drug related knowledge test in weight lifting. A set of thirty questions covering the knowledge aspects of drugs and their harmful effects on the usages were constructed. The questionnaires were constructed by going through various related literature on drugs. 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. The questionnaire was administered during National and All India Inter-University competitions. The lifters were explained about the aims and objectives of the study. Further, they were assured about the confidentiality of their information. In drug related knowledge questionnaire each correct response would be awarded one mark and each wrong response would be awarded zero mark. Item analysis of the questionnaire was done in order to make decision about individual test items within the test as well as the worthiness of the test as a whole. For this purpose the difficulty rating and index of discrimination were used. The index of discrimination was done to provide information about the high and low performance of the test who answered each test item correctly. Reliability of the knowledge part of the questionnaire was identified by using kuder-Richardson formula.

Key words: Weight Lifters, Anabolic Steroids, Drug, Nutrition and Doping.