Latent Motivation Profiles and Doping in Sport and Exercise: An Integrative Approach Based on Achievement Goal and Self-Determination Theories.

ABSTRACT: Utilizing adult sport (Study 1: N = 290; M_age = 25.0 years, SD = 10.9) and exercise (Study 2: N = 501; M_age = 23.9 years, SD = 7.2) samples-competing and training at a range of levels-we identified several motivational profiles, determining which profiles were most associated with doping-related attitudes, intentions, and behaviors. Across both studies, participants responded to multi-section questionnaires measuring goal orientations (task and ego), motivational regulations (controlled, autonomous, and amotivation), doping attitudes, doping likelihood (Study 1), doping self-regulatory efficacy, moral disengagement, and self-reported doping and supplement use (Study 2). Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) revealed five subgroups of motivational profiles in Study 1: Mixture

SUBMITTER: Boardley ID 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12447541 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature