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Research Methodologies in Sports Scholarship

Social validation: a motivational theory of doping in an online bodybuilding community

Brendan HutchinsonFaculty of Health, Centre for Applied Psychology, University of Canberra, Bruce, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Stephen MostonFaculty of Health, Centre for Applied Psychology, University of Canberra, Bruce, Australia;Department of Psychology, College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
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Terry EngelbergDepartment of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia;Sport and Exercise Science, College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia
Pages 260-282 | Published online: 29 Oct 2015

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Ellen Sverkersson. (2022) ’I’m quite tired of people saying that I don’t do enough or know anything’: male hegemony and resistance in the context of women’s online communication on doping. Sport in Society 25:6, pages 1176-1192.
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David Hoff. (2022) The significance of ‘situated learning’ for doping in an elite sports community: an interview study of AAS-using powerlifters. Sport in Society 25:1, pages 197-216.
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Evelyn Frude, Fiona H. McKay & Matthew Dunn. (2020) A focused netnographic study exploring experiences associated with counterfeit and contaminated anabolic-androgenic steroids. Harm Reduction Journal 17:1.
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Ellen Sverkersson & April Henning. (2020) Bodies of knowledge: Women, ethnopharmacology, and online space. Performance Enhancement & Health 8:2-3, pages 100183.
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Oğuz Özbek & Seçkin Doğaner. (2019) Doping in Sports: Athletes’ and Coaches’ Views. International Journal of Sport, Exercise & Training Sciences, pages 163-174.
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Kyle J. D. Mulrooney & Katinka van de Ven. 2019. Deviant Leisure. Deviant Leisure 187 211 .
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