Psychosocial predictors of doping intentions and use in sport and exercise: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To conduct a meta-analytic review of psychosocial predictors of doping intention, doping use and inadvertent doping in sport and exercise settings.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data sources

Scopus, Medline, Embase, PsychINFO, CINAHL Plus, ProQuest Dissertations/Theses and Open Grey.

Eligibility criteria

Studies (of any design) that measured the outcome variables of doping intention, doping use and/or inadvertent doping and at least one psychosocial determinant of those three variables.

Results

We included studies from 25 experiments (N=13 586) and 186 observational samples (N=3 09 130). Experimental groups reported lower doping intentions (g=-0.21, 95% CI (-0.31 to -0.12)) and doping use (g=-0.08, 95% CI (-0.

SUBMITTER: Ntoumanis N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11503166 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature