Psychological aspects of the perception of legitimacy of anti-doping: Systematic review and thematic analysis of the doping literature

Project/Report Title: Psychological aspects of the perception of legitimacy of anti-doping: Systematic review and thematic analysis of the doping literature

Researcher(s)/author(s): Andrea Petroczi

Country: United Kingdom (UK)

Language: English 

Year of funding/approval: 2014

The proposed review aims to:

• Identify social cognitive variables and map the relationship between perception of legitimacy and motivation to comply through available literature on the psychological aspect of legitimacy
• Synthesise and triangulate the available knowledge and evidence on perceived legitimacy of anti-doping and anti-doping organisations through a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies published to date on doping