There is little knowledge about abuse of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) in Sweden. This paper aims to explore, from a discourse psychological angle, how persons with experience of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) construct there identities. The theory and method used as a frame for the paper is discursive psychology, depending on the focus in the paper of human beings use of language in the construction of identities. For collection of data interviews were made. The six respondents al had experience of use of AAS. The interviews illustrated how users of AAS speak about AAS, and create there identity, in relation to AAS. In the interpretation of data we used two different tools, used by discursive psychologists, interpretative repertoires and subject positions. Though the interpretative repertoires we were able to separate the ways the respondents construct there statements. Subject positions made it possible for us to interpret where the respondents did place themselves in there speech. Other perspectives, derived from literature on the subject AAS, was brought into the analysis. Other perspectives provide us with assumptions and make it possible to separate themes and discourses from the data. Two discourses where separated from data, restrictive discourse and legal discourse. The discourses contain three teams, use/abuse, physical risks and social risks. In the speech, respondents, relate to these teams in order to construct there identities. The respondents construct the speech in order to make use of AAS reasonable to them selves. The respondents construct the speech in the direction towards a liberal discourse. They construct the use of AAS as reasonable to them selves. The respondents make mostly difference between use and abuse of AAS and don’t position them selves as abusers of AAS without reservations. A crucial component in the construction of an identity as a user is the reduction of risks. The respondents reduce the risks with AAS in different ways and make an identity as a user possible. Key Words: Discourse, Discursive Psychology, AAS, Anabolic Androgenic Steroids, Identity.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hik-244 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Appelqvist, Emma, Karlsson, Lisa |
| Publisher | Högskolan i Kalmar, Humanvetenskapliga institutionen, Högskolan i Kalmar, Humanvetenskapliga institutionen, Humanvetenskapliga institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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