Beliefs about the causes of success in sports and susceptibility for doping use in adolescent athletes

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 212-219

  Barkoukis, Vassilis ^a   Lazuras, Lambros ^b   Tsorbatzoudis, Haralambos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (Greece)

Author keywords

attribution; performance enhancement; social desirability; youth

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECEPTION; DOPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPORT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; CULTURE; DECEPTION; DOPING IN SPORTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPORTS;

EID: 84894310465     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2013.819521     Document Type: Article

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