Doping in bodybuilders: A qualitative investigation of facilitative psychosocial processes

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 422-439

  Boardley, Ian D ^a   Grix, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deductive reasoning; inductive reasoning; moral disengagement; performance enhancing drugs; positivism; socialisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904399737     PISSN: 2159676X     EISSN: 1939845X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2159676X.2013.766809     Document Type: Article

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