Basic values predict unethical behavior in sport: the case of athletes' doping likelihood

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Ring C., Kavussanu M., GÜRPINAR B., Whitehead J., Mortimer H.

ETHICS & BEHAVIOR, cilt.32, sa.1, ss.90-98, 2022 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/10508422.2020.1837136
  • Dergi Adı: ETHICS & BEHAVIOR
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ASSIA, ABI/INFORM, CINAHL, EBSCO Legal Collection, EBSCO Legal Source, PAIS International, Philosopher's Index, Psycinfo, Public Affairs Index, Sociological abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.90-98
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Doping, unethicality, values, MORAL DISENGAGEMENT, SELF, FRAMEWORK, GUILT
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Although basic values have been linked with unethical attitudes and behavior in non-sport contexts, their association with doping in sport has yet to be established. We examined the relationships between basic values and doping likelihood. College athletes (N = 233, 61% females) rated the importance of basic values using the Portrait Values Questionnaire Revised and indicated their likelihood of doping in a hypothetical scenario. In terms of basic value dimensions, self-enhancement values were positively related to doping likelihood, openness to change values were unrelated to doping likelihood, and self-transcendence and conservation values were negatively related to doping likelihood. In terms of the values categories, the values-doping relationship was best characterized by an unethicality pattern of coefficients. In conclusion, the current evidence extends the values-unethicality relationship to the context of sport and confirms that doping resembles other forms of unethical behavior.