Background There is a growing body of empirical evidence on demographic and
psychosocial predictors of doping intentions and behaviors utilizing a variety of variables …

The prevalence of doping in elite sports is relevant for all those involved in sports,
particularly for evaluating anti-doping policy measures. Remarkably, few scientific articles …

Doping in sport is a well-known phenomenon that has been studied mainly from a
biomedical point of view, even though psychosocial approaches are also key factors in the …

Background Performance enhancement (PE) is a natural and essential ingredient of
competitive sport. Except for nutritional supplement contamination, accidental use of doping …

OBJECTIVES: Doping use is seldom an accident–it is a deliberate action often requiring
considerable commitment. Attitudes are known to influence this type of action and hence …

Background For effective deterrence methods, individual, systemic and situational factors
that make an athlete or athlete group more susceptible to doping than others should be fully …

Doping use is an important issue in both competitive and non‐competitive sports, and poses
potentially irreversible health consequences to users. Scholars increasingly call for theory …

The purpose of this study was to provide an ecologically valid account of the experiences of
'admitted dopers'. In-depth interviews were conducted with five elite athletes from the sports …

Although the use of banned drugs in sport is not a new phenomenon, little is known about
the experiences and perceptions of athletes who have committed anti-doping rule violations …

We examined the relationships between the Dark Triad personality traits (Machiavellianism,
narcissism, and psychopathy), attitudes towards doping, and cheating behaviour among …