Measuring explicit attitude toward doping: Review of the psychometric properties of the Performance Enhancement Attitude Scale

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 390-396

  Petróczi, Andrea ^a,b   Aidman, Eugene ^c  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Athlete; Doping; Explicit attitude; Measure; Performance enhancement; Reliability; Sport; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 68649114567     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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