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Sport and Exercise Psychology

Decisional trade-offs towards doping and their association with moral attitudes and health risk perceptions: A mixed methods study

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Pages 676-687 | Received 10 Jan 2024, Accepted 15 May 2024, Published online: 06 Jun 2024

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