The aim of this study is to evaluate knowledge and behaviours on doping and food supplementation of a sample of body-builders in which anti-doping prevention programs are implemented compared to body-builders which received no intervention.

Methods: The study was initiated using a questionnaire about the effect of doping substances, and the use of the food supplementation submitted to 70 body-builders of St.Anastasia's sporting centre (intervention group IG) and 138 athletes from Lazio and Campania's sporting centres (control group, CG).

Results: In the IG 63 body-builders entered the study (age range 13-54 yrs, median 18 yr),48 males (76.2%) and 15 females (23.8%); in the CG 125 athletes were recruited ( median age 20years old), 73 males (58.4%) and 52 females (41.6%). In IG 23.4% of responders considered doping as a practice diffuse in the sport of high level vs 40% in CG. It is considered diffuse in the sport at all levels by 17.2% in IG and 9.7% in CG.

Doping is considered an illegal practice by 40.6% of responders in the IG and by 42.4% of those in the CG, respectively, and it is seen as a recourse to substances which present some risk by 36% and 35.4% in the two groups.

The results of the multivariate regression analysis show that are significantly associated to the attitude " the drugs are acceptable to improve the performances" (dependent variable) the following variables: age (lower propensity in young people), gender (males present a higher attitude), group (lower attitude in the interventional group), and the distance home-gymnasium.

Conclusions: The favourable attitude to take drugs, illicit or not, is high, in particular in the CG. The prevention programme in tackling doping and the not correct use of drugs in the field of Body-Building can be effective though the collaboration of instructors, trainers and owners of sporting centres.

Since 198 the Italian Track and Field Federation (FIDAL) has adopted a procedure to measure is organizational performances; in this way it has been possible to establish if its main goals and the following strategies have worked efficiently. This methodology is based and it is articulated on seven dimensions, made by 115 criteria working in specific software (I. Results obtained in the national and international main events;2.Human resources- Volunteers, athletes, coaches and so on; 3.Marketing and external communication; 4. Internal communication; 5.Quantity and quality of the services offered directly by FIDAL or through other sport organizations; 6.Economical and financial performances,7.Innovation).

The results obtained indicate stable performances toward the institutional criteria and difficulties to reach other strategic goals. To answer at this problems it has been activated a process of involvement of the FIDAL members to increase the knowledge about the quality of product "track & field" uìin the different Italian geographical areas.

Aim of this paper is to illustrate some research topics developed by the Institute of Sport Science in Macolin (Switzerland). In the service of sport psychology are involved scientists and sport psychologists: they provide different interventions and made researches following the request of their clients. The interest is mainly oriented toward sport competitions, coaching processes and the development o the individual/group's excellent psychological skills. The Institute works in the field of sport psychology in three main areas: psychological processes correlated with the sport activities, psychological scales validation and the service correlated to the sport performance

The paper present a bibliographic survey into the field of sport psychology and related disciplines. The survey encompasses a wide range of authors and titles which have appeared in non-English language publications. It includes more than 350 references of books from both specialized scientific and general interest areas mainly in Europe and Latin America.