A psychological intervention reduces doping likelihood in British and Greek athletes: A cluster randomized controlled trial

Maria Kavussanu, Vassilis Barkoukis, Philip Hurst, Mariya Yukhymenko-Lescroart, Lida Skoufa, Andrea Chirico, Fabio Lucidi, Christopher Ring

Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2022. DOI 10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.102099

Has this study been replicated?

The atlas records 1 replication of this study. Recorded outcomes: 1 successful. The earliest on record is from 2025.

Replications

A psychological intervention reduces doping likelihood in Italian athletes: A replication and extension, Kavussanu et al. (2025). Psychology of Sport and Exercise. Outcome recorded: successful. Both interventions reduced moral disengagement and increased self-regulatory efficacy from pre to post relative to the control group, and these effects were maintained at follow-up. In conclusion, our study broadly replicates previous findings View paper

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Kavussanu, M., Barkoukis, V., Hurst, P., Yukhymenko-Lescroart, M., Skoufa, L., Chirico, A., Lucidi, F., & Ring, C. (2022). A psychological intervention reduces doping likelihood in British and Greek athletes: A cluster randomized controlled trial. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 61, 102099. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.102099

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