Background There is a growing body of empirical evidence on demographic and
psychosocial predictors of doping intentions and behaviors utilizing a variety of variables …

Doping in sport is a well-known phenomenon that has been studied mainly from a
biomedical point of view, even though psychosocial approaches are also key factors in the …

Drug abuse occurs in all sports and at most levels of competition. Athletic life may lead to
drug abuse for a number of reasons, including for performance enhancement, to self-treat …

Background The prevalence of doping in competitive sport, and the methods for assessing
prevalence, remain poorly understood. This reduces the ability of researchers, governments …

Nutritional supplement (NS) use is widespread in sport. This study applied an integrated
social cognitive approach to examine doping attitudes, beliefs, and self‐reported doping use …

Research in doping has focused on potential intervention strategies, increasingly targeting
predicting factors. Yet, findings are inconsistent, mostly athlete-centred and explain only …

There is evidence of a small but significant proportion of adolescents engaging in doping
practices. Young athletes face very specific pressures to achieve results as they strive for a …

Doping is typically referred to by some legal/moral heuristics, labelling the activity illegal and
unfair, and condemning doping users as cheats and rogues. Whilst these heuristics …

Aim This study aims to examine the circumstances which athletes say affect their
(hypothetical) considerations of whether to dope or not and explore the differences between …

Background The creation of the World Anti-Doping Agency in 1999 and the first
implementation of the Anti-Doping Code in 2004 established institutional and legal level …