A call for policy guidance on psychometric testing in doping control in sport

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1130-1139

  Petróczi, Andrea ^a,b   Backhouse, Susan H ^c   Barkoukis, Vassilis ^d   Brand, Ralf ^e   Elbe, Anne Marie ^f   Lazuras, Lambros ^g   Lucidi, Fabio ^h  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (Greece)

^h SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DOPING; DRUG SCREENING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HONESTY; HUMAN; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL COGNITION; VALIDITY; POLICY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

PERFORMANCE ENHANCING SUBSTANCE;

ATHLETES; COGNITION; DOPING IN SPORTS; HUMANS; PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING SUBSTANCES; POLICY; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84942195220     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.04.022     Document Type: Note

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