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University of Birmingham: Imagining future guilt helps athletes turn away from doping – study

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Researchers discovered that making elite athletes picture how guilty they might feel about using banned performance enhancing drugs produced a more powerful initial reaction than initiatives educating sportspeople about the health risks of doping. Working with 208 athletes across the UK and Greece, researchers carried out two six-month trials – one a psychological intervention focussing […]