Behaviours and Beliefs Related to Whistleblowing Against Doping in Sport: A Cross-National Study.

doping misconduct reasons for whistleblowing reporting thematic analysis trust

Journal

Frontiers in psychology
ISSN: 1664-1078
Titre abrégé: Front Psychol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101550902

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2022
Historique:
received: 14 12 2021
accepted: 01 04 2022
entrez: 20 5 2022
pubmed: 21 5 2022
medline: 21 5 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Whistleblowing has been recognized as an important deterrent of doping in elite competitive sport. The present study examined athletes' knowledge of external whistleblowing channels and on how and where to report doping misconduct, perceived trust in different whistleblowing reporting channels, whistleblowing behaviour and athletes' reasons for reporting (or not) doping misconduct. Athletes from Greece ( The British athletes reported greater awareness of whistleblowing reporting channels (e.g., WADA's Speak Up and IOC's reporting platform) than did athletes from Greece (all Athletes showed low awareness of external whistleblowing channels and they predominantly trusted internal whistleblowing channels. Sportspersonship, confidence in resources and personal benefits were among the reasons that facilitate reporting doping misconduct. The present findings indicate that cultural context may play a role in the ways athletes perceive whistleblowing, and this should be taken into account by future interventions to promote the reporting of doping misconduct.

Sections du résumé

Background UNASSIGNED
Whistleblowing has been recognized as an important deterrent of doping in elite competitive sport. The present study examined athletes' knowledge of external whistleblowing channels and on how and where to report doping misconduct, perceived trust in different whistleblowing reporting channels, whistleblowing behaviour and athletes' reasons for reporting (or not) doping misconduct.
Methods UNASSIGNED
Athletes from Greece (
Results UNASSIGNED
The British athletes reported greater awareness of whistleblowing reporting channels (e.g., WADA's Speak Up and IOC's reporting platform) than did athletes from Greece (all
Conclusion UNASSIGNED
Athletes showed low awareness of external whistleblowing channels and they predominantly trusted internal whistleblowing channels. Sportspersonship, confidence in resources and personal benefits were among the reasons that facilitate reporting doping misconduct. The present findings indicate that cultural context may play a role in the ways athletes perceive whistleblowing, and this should be taken into account by future interventions to promote the reporting of doping misconduct.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35592154
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.835721
pmc: PMC9112761
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

835721

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2022 Bondarev, Barkoukis, Lazuras, Bochaver, Oudra and Theodorou.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Dmitriy Bondarev (D)

Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.

Vassilis Barkoukis (V)

Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Lambros Lazuras (L)

Department of Psychology, Sociology and Politics, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Konstantin Bochaver (K)

Laboratory of Sport Psychology, Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis, Moscow, Russia.

Despoina Oudra (D)

Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Nikolaos Theodorou (N)

KEA Fair Play Hellas, Athens, Greece.

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