The effects of permitted forms of performance enhancement on determinants of doping in UK student-athletes

Project/Report Title: The effects of permitted forms of performance enhancement on determinants of doping in UK student-athletes

Researcher(s)/author(s): Ian Boardley

Institution(s): University of Birmingham (UK)

Language: English

Year of funding/approval: 2016

The current project aims to answer the following research questions:

• What permitted forms of performance enhancement are commonly used by student athletes?
• How can permitted forms of performance enhancement be presented most effectively to portray them as alternatives to – rather than precursors for – doping?
• What are the effects over time of using nutritional supplements, medicines and performance enhancing technology on explicit functional and moral doping attitudes and automatic doping preferences in student athletes?
• Does disparity between explicit functional and moral doping attitudes influence doping moral disengagement in student athletes over time?