Context matters: athletes' perception of dopers' values, actions and vulnerabilities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although athletes seem to hold uniform views towards non-dopers, their perception of dopers is more nuanced, reflecting positive and negative attributes. Research also indicates that rarely a single factor can explain doping, but a host of reasons that intertwine. A holistic understanding of how values play a role in decisions in anti-doping and the elements that influence athletes' doping vulnerability is timely and warranted.

Methods

We recruited elite athletes from 13 countries representing 27 sports at a national or international level (N = 60) to participate as part of a larger research project. Data were collected via focus group interviews focusing on values, value priorities and perceptions about the role of values in doping as a phenomenon and in d

SUBMITTER: Veltmaat A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10757837 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature