<p>There is little knowledge about abuse of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) in Sweden. This</p><p>paper aims to explore, from a discourse psychological angle, how persons with experience of</p><p>anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) construct there identities.</p><p>The theory and method used as a frame for the paper is discursive psychology, depending on the</p><p>focus in the paper of human beings use of language in the construction of identities. For</p><p>collection of data interviews were made. The six respondents al had experience of use of AAS.</p><p>The interviews illustrated how users of AAS speak about AAS, and create there identity, in</p><p>relation to AAS. In the interpretation of data we used two different tools, used by discursive</p><p>psychologists, interpretative repertoires and subject positions. Though the interpretative</p><p>repertoires we were able to separate the ways the respondents construct there statements. Subject</p><p>positions made it possible for us to interpret where the respondents did place themselves in there</p><p>speech. Other perspectives, derived from literature on the subject AAS, was brought into the</p><p>analysis. Other perspectives provide us with assumptions and make it possible to separate themes</p><p>and discourses from the data.</p><p>Two discourses where separated from data, restrictive discourse and legal discourse. The</p><p>discourses contain three teams, use/abuse, physical risks and social risks. In the speech,</p><p>respondents, relate to these teams in order to construct there identities. The respondents construct</p><p>the speech in order to make use of AAS reasonable to them selves. The respondents construct the</p><p>speech in the direction towards a liberal discourse. They construct the use of AAS as reasonable</p><p>to them selves. The respondents make mostly difference between use and abuse of AAS and</p><p>don’t position them selves as abusers of AAS without reservations. A crucial component in the</p><p>construction of an identity as a user is the reduction of risks. The respondents reduce the risks</p><p>with AAS in different ways and make an identity as a user possible.</p><p>Key Words: Discourse, Discursive Psychology, AAS, Anabolic Androgenic Steroids, Identity.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:hik-244 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Appelqvist, Emma, Karlsson, Lisa |
| Publisher | University of Kalmar, School of Human Sciences, University of Kalmar, School of Human Sciences, Humanvetenskapliga institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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