The ‘selves’ in doping and its psychosocial mechanisms: harmonised multi-country evidence from high-performing athletes in the UK, US, and China
Vulnerable narcissism is a critical person-level correlate of doping. Grandiose narcissism, in the presence of self-compassion, can alleviate such risk thanks to enhanced resilient coping. Future education and interventions should tackle these important person-level attributes for anti-doping.
Authors
- Ian D. Boardley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5651-7816)
- Jingdong Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3383-061X)
- Jules Woolf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9069-5285)
- Shuge Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6935-8831)
Institutions
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- University of Derby (GB)
- Hunan University of Technology (CN)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Harm Reduction Journal
- Published
- 2025-09-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-025-01304-x
- Primary Topic
- Doping in Sports
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- World Anti-Doping Agency