Does social desirability influence the relationship between doping attitudes and doping susceptibility in athletes?

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 479-486

  Gucciardi, Daniel F ^a   Jalleh, Geoffrey ^a   Donovan, Robert J ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mediation; Moderation; Performance enhancing drugs; Sport; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956442198     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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