Using response-time latencies to measure athletes' doping attitudes: The brief implicit attitude test identifies substance abuse in bodybuilders

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Brand, Ralf ^a   Wolff, Wanja ^a   Thieme, Detlef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b World Anti Doping Agency (WADA)   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biochemical profiles; Doping tests; Psychology; Steroid use

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ATHLETE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOPING; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URINE; WEIGHT LIFTING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANABOLIC AGENTS; ATHLETES; DOPING IN SPORTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WEIGHT LIFTING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907047297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-9-36     Document Type: Article

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