Psychological and social correlates of doping attitudes among Italian athletes

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 162-168

  Zucchetti, Giulia ^a   Candela, Filippo ^a,b   Villosio, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Sports Medicine Center Città di Cuneo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drug sport attitude; Psychological correlates; Social correlates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE ASSESSMENT; ATTITUDE TO DOPING; DOPING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALIAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; ATTITUDE; DOPING IN SPORTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SPORTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920712115     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.07.021     Document Type: Article

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