Basic values predict unethical behavior in sport: the case of athletes' doping likelihood
ETHICS & BEHAVIOR, vol.32, no.1, pp.90-98, 2022 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 32 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 2022
- Doi Number: 10.1080/10508422.2020.1837136
- Journal Name: ETHICS & BEHAVIOR
- Journal Indexes: 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
- Page Numbers: pp.90-98
- Keywords: Doping, unethicality, values, MORAL DISENGAGEMENT, SELF, FRAMEWORK, GUILT
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
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.