Athletes' perceptions of performance enhancing substance user and non-user prototypes

Performance Enhancement and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-34

  Whitaker, L ^a   Long, J ^a   Petroczi A ^b   Backhouse, S H ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti doping education; Athlete characteristics; Doping; Possible selves; Prevention; sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864295450     PISSN: 22112669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peh.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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