Psychological mechanisms underlying doping attitudes in sport: Motivation and moral disengagement

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 419-432

  Hodge, Ken ^a   Hargreaves, Elaine A ^a   Gerrard, David ^a   Lonsdale, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doping; Moral disengagement; Motivational climate; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ATHLETES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; DOPING IN SPORTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883783072     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.35.4.419     Document Type: Article

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