REVIEW ARTICLE Doping in Sport: A Review of Elite Athletes ’ Attitudes, Beliefs, and Knowledge

Abstract Doping in sport is a well-known phenomenon that has been studied mainly from a biomedical point of view, even though psychosocial approaches are also key factors in the fight against doping. This phenomenon has evolved greatly in recent years, and greater understanding of it is essential for developing efficient prevention pro-grammes. In the psychosocial approach, attitudes are con-sidered an index of doping behaviour, relating the use of banned substances to greater leniency towards doping. The aim of this review is to gather and critically analyse the most recent publications describing elite athletes ’ attitudes, beliefs and knowledge of doping in sport, to better under-stand the foundations provided by the previous work, and to help develop practical strategies to efficiently combat doping. For this purpose, we performed a literature searc