Development of a French Paper-and-Pencil Implicit Association Test to Measure Athletes’ Implicit Doping Attitude (IAT-Dop)

Although explicit measures of doping attitude are widely used, they susceptible to bias due social desirability. The current computerized implicit attitudes time-consuming and based on expensive software solutions. Recently, paper-and-pencil (p&p) Implicit Association Tests (IAT) have been developed, making it possible test several participants simultaneously, anywhere, with no need equipment software. present series studies aimed at developing a French version p&p IAT measure athletes’ toward (Chan et al., 2017): the IAT-Dop. Four studies, including 212 (Mage = 25.49, SD 5.73), followed Bardin al. (2016) Boateng (2018) validation recommendations: (a) development preliminary IAT-Dop proposal Chan’s tool (2017), (b) dimensionality criterion validity tests demonstrating structure version, (c) test-retest reliability, (d) first approach construct validity. results showed that was able stable across time. Significant correlations between versions confirmed advantages over (Lemm 2008), lower cost ease administration. By offering accurate an easier, faster, cheaper way attitudes, this should contribute better assessment understanding mechanisms related doping, might be useful new indicator in evaluation prevention programs.