Self-admitted behavior and perceived use of performance-enhancing vs psychoactive drugs among competitive athletes

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 224-234

  Uvacsek, M ^a   Nepusz, T ^b,c   Naughton, D P ^b   Mazanov, J ^d   Ranky M Z ^a   Petroczi A ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Hungary)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d School of Business   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athlete; Doping; Drug; False consensus effect; Performance enhancement; Social projection; Sport

Indexed keywords

PERFORMANCE ENHANCING SUBSTANCE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATTITUDE; DOPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; ATTITUDE; DOPING IN SPORTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING SUBSTANCES; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952677653     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2009.01041.x     Document Type: Article

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