To dope or not to dope: Elite athletes’ perceptions of doping deterrents and incentives

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To dope or not to dope : Elite athletes’ perceptions of doping deterrents and incentives. / Overbye, Marie Birch; Knudsen, Mette Lykke; Pfister, Gertrud Ursula.

I: Performance Enhancement & Health, Bind 2, Nr. 3, 2013, s. 119-134.

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Overbye, MB, Knudsen, ML & Pfister, GU 2013, 'To dope or not to dope: Elite athletes’ perceptions of doping deterrents and incentives', Performance Enhancement & Health, bind 2, nr. 3, s. 119-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2013.07.001

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Overbye, M. B., Knudsen, M. L., & Pfister, G. U. (2013). To dope or not to dope: Elite athletes’ perceptions of doping deterrents and incentives. Performance Enhancement & Health, 2(3), 119-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2013.07.001

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Overbye MB, Knudsen ML, Pfister GU. To dope or not to dope: Elite athletes’ perceptions of doping deterrents and incentives. Performance Enhancement & Health. 2013;2(3):119-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2013.07.001

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Overbye, Marie Birch ; Knudsen, Mette Lykke ; Pfister, Gertrud Ursula. / To dope or not to dope : Elite athletes’ perceptions of doping deterrents and incentives. I: Performance Enhancement & Health. 2013 ; Bind 2, Nr. 3. s. 119-134.

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abstract = "tAim: This study aims to examine the circumstances which athletes say affect their (hypothetical) consid-erations of whether to dope or not and explore the differences between athletes of different gender, ageand sport type.Methods: 645 elite athletes (mean age: 22.12; response rate: 43%) representing 40 sports completed aweb-based questionnaire. Participants were asked to imagine themselves in a situation in which theyhad to decide whether to dope or not to dope and then evaluate how different circumstances would affecttheir decisions.Results: Multiple circumstances had an effect on athletes{\textquoteright} hypothetical decisions. The most effective deter-rents were related to legal and social sanctions, side-effects and moral considerations. Female athletesand younger athletes evaluated more reasons as deterrents than older, male athletes. When confrontedwith incentives to dope, the type of sport was often a more decisive factor. Top incentives were related toqualified medical assistance, improved health or faster recovery from injury, the low risk of being caughtand the threat posed to an elite career.Conclusions: Our results reveal that numerous circumstances affect athletes{\textquoteright} thoughts on doping andathletes of different gender, age and sport type reacted differently to a variety of circumstances that maypotentially deter or trigger doping. Particularly notable findings were the potential role of doctors inathletes{\textquoteright} doping and that the current punitive anti-doping approach seems to deter athletes, althoughthe fear of social sanctions was almost as great a deterrent.Implications: Anti-doping prevention strategies should be diversified to target specific groups of athletes.",
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