Social Science Research Projects

The research projects funded by WADA, along with a summary of the research proposal, can be found below.

ACCEPTED 2022
Evaluating the impact of the WADA International Standard for Education (ISE) at the global and anti-doping organization (ADO) levels Mr. Ian BOARDLEY
Supporting anti-doping organizations’ education plans through capacity building Mr. Mathieu WINAND
The understudied nexus between national sports policy and clean sports behaviour: Dimensions, Priorities, Policy challenges and impacts Mr. Teddy GAFNA
Animate: Anti-Doping Intervention in promotion clean sports behaviours Mr. Fabio LUCIDI
Perspectives of athletes and athlete support personnel about anti-doping systems from Chile and Colombia: Perceived effectiveness, determinants and implementation strategies Mr. Juan Carlos ARBOLEDA ARIZA
Teammate and training partner support in recreational triathletes doping attitudes and concerns Mrs. Trang DO
Athletes with intellectual impairments and their support personnel: Understanding anti-doping policy, provision, and practice Mr. Philip HURST
Personality traits, attitudes, and perceptions of legitimacy towards anti-doping programs among athletes Mr Kevin KIPCHUMBA
Doping knowledge, attitude, and ethical belief among Rwanda athlete support personel Mr. Charles NKURUNZIZA
Educational intervention with athletes and coaches based on goals orientations and motivational climates on attitudes doping in Mexican athletes Mr. Hussein MUÑOZ HELÚ
Attitudes towards and susceptibility to doping related to dietary supplements in Portuguese elite athletes Ms. Monica SOUSA
The “selves” in doping: A multi-country study Mr. Shuge ZHANG

ACCEPTED 2021
Legitimacy perceptions of the anti-doping system held by Russian athletes, athlete support personnel, and university students in sport disciplines Dr. Petr TSARKOV / Federal science center for physical culture & sport
The role of athlete support personnel in promoting clean sport behaviours and cultures within international cerebral palsy football. Dr. Jamie BARKER / Loughborough University, School of Sport Exercise and Health Science
Effectiveness of Anti-doping: Developing Interventions that will Maximize the Development of Clean Sport Behaviors in Zimbabwe Dr. Lysias CHARUMBIRA / Bindura University of Science Education
Les facteurs de vulnérabilité au dopage varient-ils selon le sport d’équipe pratiqué? Une étude clinique Canadienne Dr. Jean Francois CLEMENT / Département de Médecine de famille et de médecine d’urgence du Centre de recherche Charles-LeMoyne / CR-CSIS
Vulnérabilité physique et psychologique et dopage en cyclisme de haut niveau : mécanismes explicatifs explicites et implicites, PSYDOPCY-AMA Dr. Karine CORRION / Université Côte D’Azur, Laboratoire Motricite Humaine Expertise Sport Santé
Identification and analyses the role of Athlete support Personnel’s (ASP) attitudes towards doping Dr. Shorena KHURTSIDZE / GESOMAR, (Private social and market research company)
Survey of athletes’ beliefs and behaviors with respect to doping, and to assess the effectiveness of anti-doping programs Mrs. Silvana VALOPPI/ Comision Nacional Antidopaje Argentina, Education and Research
Cultivating clean sport environment with athlete support personnel (ASP): Study on knowledge, perception and practice of ASP and educational programme Dr. Ming Chiang LIM / Hospital Sultan Haji Shah, Department of Pharmacy
Experience and knowledge of anti-doping programmes amongst Athlete Support Personnel in Zimbabwe Dr. Tapfuma MUDAWARIMA / DDT College of Medicine, Physiotherapy Department
Developing an uMunthu-based Anti-Doping Moral Education Framework in Malawi Dr. Yamikani NDASAUKA / University of Malawi, Chancellor College
Influence of achievement goal orientation, motivational climate and sport supplements use on attitudes towards doping among Kenya secondary school athlete Mr. Eric DERRICK KIPKOECH NGETICH / MOI University, Management Science and Entrepreneurship
Chronic disease, injury, medication use, doping attitudes and the doping implications in South African Masters Athletes Dr. Kim NOLTE / University of Pretoria, Physiology (Division of Biokinetics and Sport Science)
Knowledge, Attitudes and Experiences on Anti-Doping of General Practitioners and Pharmacists in Kenya Mr. Jonathan ROTICH / Kenyatta University, Recreation and Sports Management Department
Optimising international doping control systems: A systems analysis of doping controls in Cycling and Football codes Dr. Scott MCLEAN / Sunshine Coast University
Unlocking the black box – Agent-based simulations to measure the effectiveness of sample storage and retesting Dr. Daniel WESTMATTELMANN / University of Muesnter, Center Management
Understanding athlete behavioural motivations and value characteristics for the purpose of clean sport education programming Dr. David WYRICK / University of North Caroline, Greensborough
Assessment of Prevalence and Predisposing Factor of Doping Among Athletes in Dominant Olympic Sport in Kenya Mr. Martin YAUMA / Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya, Department of Education and Research

ACCEPTED 2020
A test of the effectiveness of the SafeYou program in four countries. A randomised control trial Dr. Vassilis BARKOUKIS / Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Attitudes, intentions and behavior toward doping among athletics in Spain: a combination of quantitative and experimental studies. Dr. Arturo CASADO / Universidad Internacional Isabel I de Castilla
Evaluation of AEPSAD Spain’s Anti-Doping Agency Educational Interventions among Elite Athletes and Sports Sciences Students Dr. Carlos GARCIA / Universidad Europea de Madrid
Do anti-doping interventions work? Dr. Vassil GIRGINOV / Brunel University London
Understanding the role of Kenyan Collegiate athlete support personnel in the pursuit of clean sport Dr. Janet KAMENJU / University of Nairobi
Supplements, herbs and doping products usage among Uganda athletes and coaches. Dr. Haruna MUWONGE / Makerere University College of Health Sciences
An Investigation into staff perceptions concerning the legitimacy of anti-doping policy implementation in regional anti-doping organisations Dr. James SKINNER / Loughborough University
Anti-Doping Education and Consideration/Intention of Using Prohibited Substances in Botswana, Zambia, and Papua New Guinea Dr. Tshepang TSCHUBE / University of Botswana

ACCEPTED 2019
Digital pathways to Doping: an innovative netnographic approach on the use of untested supplements and the underlying cheating culture Dr. Ornella CORAZZA / University of Hertfordshire Higher Education Corporate
Enhancing Attention and Recall of Doping Prevention Messages by Testing the Influence of Adolescent Athletes’ Perceived Vulnerability to Doping Dr. Lindsay DUNCAN / McGill University
Gender Outcomes in Using Brief Motivational Interventions (BMIs) on Shaping Beliefs and Attitudes towards Doping for Athletes in Secondary Schools Dr. Eunice GITHAE / Kenyatta University
Examining the Role of Personal Ethics in Athlete and Stakeholder Perceptions of Anti-Doping Dr. John MILLS / University of Essex
Understanding and influencing global coach anti-doping education through the development of an International Framework Dr. Laurie PATTERSON / Leeds Beckett University
Using the influence of coaches, parents, and peers on adolescent elite athletes’ doping cognitions to enhance doping prevention effectiveness Dr. Tirza VAN NOORDEN / Radboud University

ACCEPTED 2018
Evaluation of a School-Based Intervention Program – NADA Austria’s Anti-Doping School Program Dr. Cornelia BLANK / Austria
Understanding and nurturing the role of young athletes’ parents in doping prevention Prof. Mathieu WINAND / Luxembourg
The 3D Project: Development and evaluation of a multidimensional universal program addressing three interrelated behavioral influences on doping behavior Dr. Zali YAGER / Australia

ACCEPTED 2017
Support athletes blow the whistle against doping Vassilis BARKOUKIS / Greece
Developing an Evidence-Based Smartphone Application for Monitoring and Promoting Athletes’ Awareness to Unintentional Doping CHAN / Hong Kong, China
Blowing the whistle on doping in sport through evidence-informed policy making Kelsey ERICKSON / UK Interim Report – Global Whistleblowing Landscape for Reporting Doping in Sport LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY / UK
Developing and Evaluating the CREST Anti-Doping Programme NAIDOO / South Africa
Étude du processus de dénonciation du dopage chez les sportifs malgaches et leur personnel de soutien RAKOTONIAINA / Madagascar

ACCEPTED 2016
The effects of permitted forms of performance enhancement on determinants of doping in UK student-athletes Ian BOARDLEY / UK
Doping attitudes, moral disengagement, and ethical decision-making of young talented athletes: An advanced intervention study Brigitte CLAESSENS / Netherlands
Perceptions of legitimacy, attitudes and buy-in among athlete groups: a cross-national qualitative investigation providing practical solutions April HENNING and Paul DIMEO / UK
Social change and doping decision-making: Building a conceptual framework and survey development April HENNING / USA
Psychological aspects of the perception of legitimacy of anti-doping: Systematic review and thematic analysis of the doping literature Andrea PETROCZI / UK

ACCEPTED 2015
Enhancing Anti-Doping Education Interventions Using Framed Messages Lindsay DUNCAN / Canada
From research to application: An evidence-based psychosocial intervention for doping prevention in young athletes Maria KAVUSSANU / UK
The interactive effects of moral identity and moral disengagement on doping: An experimental investigation Nicholas STANGER / UK

ACCEPTED 2014
Designing and Validating Measures of Doping Moral Disengagement and Self-Regulatory Efficacy, and Assessing a Model of Doping Behavior Ian BOARDLEY / UK
Awareness, perception and attitude to doping and performance-enhancing substance use among athletes in teacher training colleges in Kenya Janet KAMENJU / Kenya
Doping in Czech adolescents: Prevalence, correlates and experiences Jiri MUDRAK / Czech republic
Development and Validation of the Adolescent Sport Drug Inventory (ASDI) and Factors that Influence Attitudes among Adolescents Adam NICHOLLS / UK
A cross-cultural investigation of the effects of coach motivational strategies on athlete doping behaviors: Direct and indirect relations Nikos NTOUMANIS / UK

ACCEPTED 2013
Dire non au dopage : antécédents et modalités de développement des compétences psychosociales (CPS) chez les sportifs de haut-niveau (Saying no to doping: history and how to develop life skills (CPS) in elite athletes) Karine CORRION/ France
Legitimating the fight: Cross cultural perspectives on anti-doping strategies in the Pacific Dr. James CONNOR / Australia
Développement, implantation, et evaluation de l’impact d’un programme de prevention du dopage sportif (Development, implementation and evaluation of the impact of a program of prevention of doping in sport) Dr. Claude GOULET / Canada
Determinants of performance and performance indicators of national anti-doping organizations Prof. Werner JANN / Germany
A cross-cultural approach to a cross-cultural issue: Psychosocial factors and doping in young athletes Dr. Maria KAVUSSANU / UK
Exploring the processes through which personality traits affect doping responses Dr. Andrew LEVY / UK

ACCEPTED 2012
Precipitating or prohibiting factor? Examining coaches' perspectives of their role in doping and anti-doping Dr. Justine ALLEN / UK
Sport intensif à l'adolescence : l'apprentissage de la douleur (Intensive sport during adolescence: learning about pain) Dr. Thomas BUJON / France
A cross-national longitudinal investigation of the contribution of efficacy belief systems and interpersonnal appraisals on doping use in team sports Dr. Fabio LUCIDI / Italy
Influencing factors of Chinese adolescent athletes' doping intention and strategy of anti-doping education Dr. MAO ZHIXIONG/ China
A statistical synthesis of the literature on personal and situational variables that predict doping in physical activity settings Dr. Nikolaos NTOUMANIS / UK
Nutritional supplement habits and perceptions of athletes with a disability Dr. Vicky TOLFREY / UK
Analysis of multilevel factors and trnaistions influencing athletes' drug-taking behavior Dr. Paul WYLLEMAN / Belgium
Effect of the level of physical fitness and game participation on attitudes toward doping of elite U-20 soccer players Dr. Georgios ZIOGAS / Greece
Reviewing the social science of drugs in sport: Five years on * Dr. Susan BACKHOUSE / UK
Why do athletes say NO! to doping: exploring reasons across sport, age, ethnicity and experience * Dr. David COLLINS / UK

* Part of the Target Research Program

ACCEPTED 2011
Project to implement a doping prevention strategy in an educational environment in Ivory Coast Dr. Dimi Théodore DOUDOU / Ivory Coast
The relationship between mindfulness, psychological well-being, goal orientation and the propensity to use ergogenic aids (legal/illegal) Dr. Kim NOLTE / South Africa
Team dynamics and doping behavior in elite athletes: a focus on normative processes Dr. Haralambos TSORBATZOUDIS / Greece
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of coaches belonging to different generations in relation to doping behavior of athletes Dr. Alexander VANKHADLO / Belarus
Team dynamics and doping in sport: A risk or a protective factor? * Dr. Paul DIMEO / UK

* Part of the Target Research Program

ACCEPTED 2010
Prévenir le dopage chez les jeunes en France et en Espagne: approche multidimensionnelle des processus de conduites dopantes Dr. Dominique BODIN / Université de Rennes 2, France
Anti-doping policies and reasons (not) to dope: a need for diversified prevention strategies?) Dr. Gertrud PFISTER / University of Copenhague, Danemark
Determinants of intentions for doping in sports in youth: Empirical study and prevention intervention in adolescent athletes (DIDIS-Youth) Dr. Haralambos TSORBATZOUDIS / University of Thessaloniki, Greece
A national investigation of psychosocial factors facilitating doping in bodybuilders Dr. Ian BOARDLEY / University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Death for performance: What would athletes trade-off for success? Dr. James CONNOR / University of New South Wales, Australia
"If everyone is using, shouldn't I?": perceived norms of anabolic androgenic steroid use among high school athletes Dr. Jules WOOLF / University of Western Illinois, USA
Doping behaviour, causes and prevention in elite level Kenyan athletes: an empirical investigation Dr. Paul DIMEO / University of Stirling, United Kingdom (in partnership with the University of Kenyatta, Kenya)
Le dopage en milieu sportif au Burkina Faso : Causes, Connaissances, Attitudes et Pratiques des principales communautés sportives Dr. Innocent GUISSOU / Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
A national investigation of psychosocial factors facilitating doping in bodybuilders Dr. Ian BOARDLEY / University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Preventing doping in sport: An investigation of the attitudes and perceived role of high performance coaches Dr. Aidan MORAN / University of Dublin, Ireland
Global evaluation of the anti-doping program: proposed by an international federation Dr. Fabio MANFREDINI / International Biathlon Union, in partnership with the University of Ferrara, Italy

ACCEPTED 2009
A qualitative examination of knowledge of doping, and motivations and/or deterrents to dope, among American and Canadian elite female triathletes Dr. Ted BUTRYN / San Jose State University, USA
The relationship between moral code, participation in sport, and attitudes towards performance enhancing drugs in young people Dr. James Skinner / Griffith University, Australia
The Effect of Negative Health Consequences Information on Likelihood to Use Anabolic Steroids: An International Investigation Dr. Tonya DODGE / Skidmore College, USA
A study of surroundings influence on attitude towards and behaviour regarding doping among Ukrainian athletes and non-athletes Dr. Dmitriy BONDAREV, / Sevastopol National Technical University, Ukraine
Markers of transition phases in assisted performance enhancement in emerging young athletes Dr. Andrea PETROCZI / Kingston University, UK
Learning about psycho-social determinants of doping behaviour through the testimony of sanctioned athletes Dr Mattia PIFFARETTI / UAC&T Consulting, Switzerland
Enhancing coaches’ confidence in confronting athletes who are suspected of doping Dr Philip SULLIVAN/ Brock University, Canada
Exploring the application of social media in influencing the attitudes and behaviours of young athletes towards doping * Dr Jon BATTERHAM / Edcoms, UK
A Handbook for the evaluation of anti-doping education programmes * Dr Barrie HOULIHAN / Loughborough University, UK

* Part of the Target Research Program

ACCEPTED 2008
Prevention through Education - A Review of current International Social Science Literature * Dr. Susan BACKHOUSE / Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Determinants of Intentions for Doping In Sports Dr. Haralambos TSORBATZOUDIS / Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Doping prevalence among high School students in Ukraine: a study of Knowledge attitudes and behaviour Dr. Dmitriy BONDAREV / Sevastopol National Technical University, Ukraine
Measurement Tool for estimating the prevalence of doping: development and validation of a self-report measure of performance enhancing drug use * Dr. Andrea PETROCZI / Kingston University, UK
Under 23 Cyclists' openness to doping: understanding the causes of doping behaviour among American junior road cyclists with professional aspirations Dr. Brian GILLEY / University of Vermont, USA
Analysis of Knowledge and social awareness of doping and prevention among athletes in CÓRDOBA (Argentina) and the preventative approach Dr. Elsa Clara CORBELLA / Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
A Sociocultural Analysis of Doping and Gender Dr. Charlene WEAVING / St. Francis Xavier, Canada
Incorporating Parents in the Anti-Doping Fight: A Test of the Viability of a Parent-Based Prevention Program * Dr. Tonya DODGE / Skidmore College, USA
The effects of moral reasoning educational program on the moral judgement indicators of athletes participating in elite collegiate sports Dr. Amukela GWEBU / University of Iowa, USA

* Part of the Target Research Program

ACCEPTED 2007
Boosting in elite athletes with high spinal cord injury: awareness, knowledge and attitudes of athletes, coaches and trainers Dr. Yagesh BHAMBHANI / University of Alberta, Canada
Les facteurs psychologiques et sociaux de risque et de protection vis-a-vis du dopage Dr. Jean BILARD / Université Montpellier 1, France
Medical Doctors and Doping in Sport: Attitudes and Experience in Balkan Region - 8 Countries Study Dr. Nenad DIKIC / Anti-Doping Agency of Serbia, Serbia
Risk Factors within Doping Behavior Related to Personality Structure and Social Environment of the Athletes Dr. Graziela VAJIALA / National Anti-Doping Agency of Romania, Romania
Compliance to the World Anti-Doping Program: A Status Evaluation of National Sport Organizations in Hong Kong Dr. Lena FUNG / Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

ACCEPTED 2006
International Literature Review: Attitudes, Behaviours, Knowledge and Education – Drugs in Sport: Past, Present and Future Dr. Susan BACKHOUSE / Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Parcours de consommation de produits dopants de sportifs appelant un service d’aide téléphonique Dr. Jean BILARD / Université Montpellier 1, France
Intermediate and high school students' attitudes toward and behavior regarding steroids and sports supplements use: The mediation of clique identity Dr. Roger REES / Adelphi University, USA
Performance-enhancing drug-use among amateur sportsmen and women in Cameroon: A study of knowledge, attitudes and practices Dr. Emmanuel Chia KIAWI / African Research Institute for Development (AFRID), Cameroon
Social Psychology within the anti-doping area: baseline statistics and profiles of athlete’s attitude and knowledge Dr. Ingemar WEDMAN / International Doping Test & Management (IDTM), Sweden

ACCEPTED 2005
The impact of changes to the Prohibited Substance List on use of over-the-counter medication by athletes Dr. Neil CHESTER / Liverpool John Moores University, UK
The development and validation of a doping attitudes and behaviour scale (DABS) Dr. Aidan MORAN / University College, Ireland
The relationship between goal orientation and attitudes toward doping in sports. Knowledge about and attitudes toward doping among Polish athletes Dr. Krzysztof SAS-NOWOSIELSKI / Academy of Physical Education, Poland
Socialisation secondaire et intériorisation des normes de dopage en cyclisme sur route : le cas de la Belgique, de la France et de la Suisse Dr. Fabien OHL / Université de Lausanne, Switzerland