As doping has tremendous negative consequences for athletes and the integrity of sports, the
need for effective prevention programs is obvious. Primary prevention through education at
an early age is key; however, educating young athletes about doping-related knowledge is
deemed to be not sufficiently effective to minimize doping. An alternative educational
approach which focuses on values, emotions and morality seems promising and is
encouraged by the World Anti-Doping Agency. Hence, this PhD project aimed to promote
the field of values-based doping prevention within the German speaking countries. To this
end, empirical evidence on psychosocial variables related to doping was used a) to establish a
number of validated German instruments to appropriately measure these variables, b) to
provide further support for the nomological network of these variables, and c) to inform the
development of a values-based doping prevention program which was then implemented in
German and Austrian elite youth sport and evaluated regarding its effectiveness. In
conclusion, this work contributes valid and reliable measurement instruments, gives further
insights concerning the role of moral variables in regard to doping, and delivers
comprehensive and evaluated material for values-based education that can be practically
applied and complement traditional information-based approaches.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:92124 |
| Date | 18 June 2024 |
| Creators | Manges, Theresa |
| Contributors | Universität Leipzig |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion, doc-type:doctoralThesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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