CoachMADE<\/a>,\u00a0will be supported by research teams from Leeds Beckett University and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and will focus on the role of coaches and how they can positively influence their athletes\u2019 values and behaviour.<\/p>\nThe study aims to support the principles and aims of the Olympic Charter by developing and testing a preventative motivation theory-informed and evidence-based intervention.<\/p>\n
Project lead, Professor Nikos Ntoumanis, from Curtin\u2019s School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, said the effects of such motivational interventions, in terms of athlete-doping-related attitudes and decisions, have not been tested by any research team to date.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know coach-created motivational environments can influence athletes\u2019 intention to dope, and many coaches have shown willingness to address the issue, but were unable to articulate the specific means by which they can facilitate the fight against doping,\u201d Professor Ntoumanis said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe project will help coaches to share existing anti-doping resources, and communicate about doping with their athletes in ways that support athletes\u2019 psychological needs. We will then compare the developed intervention against \u2018usual anti-doping practice\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will be the first published coach-centered intervention that will promote an anti-doping environment by focusing on how coaches communicate with their athletes in general, and about doping in particular.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aligned with the IOC\u2019s funding call, the findings from this project will have a direct impact on the daily life of the clean athlete, and inform the development of more efficient and evidence-based educational programs and campaigns to prevent doping in sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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