Doping in team and individual sports: a qualitative investigation of moral disengagement and associated processes

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 698-717

  Boardley, Ian D ^a   Grix, Jonathan ^a   Harkin, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931565416     PISSN: 2159676X     EISSN: 1939845X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2159676X.2014.992039     Document Type: Article

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