Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies of Senior Players and Relationship with Doping

The present study examined the strength and difficulties in the path of senior players to achieve a gold medal. When they are not achieving the gold medal, they use many types of doping strategies to reduce their stress. A cross‑sectional analysis of data of 40 senior players aged 20-45 years were selected through purposive sampling. Two questionnaires and one semi-structured interview were carried out on the senior players. Results have shown the perceived stress and coping strategies of senior players range in the normal spectrum, semi-structured interview revealed that players use doping to enhance their performance.