The phenomenon of prohibited substance use among athletes, intending to increase artificially their performance has its origins in the ancient times and it is now so present, as it is supported and fed by the professional sport, so much commercialized and mediated. In the current study, we take into account that according to the humanistic psychology, the individual is free to decide over his or her life, being capable to make decisions and to lead himself or herself. Although each individual is unique, he lives in a collectivity, which is on its turn unique. From the synthesis of the two systems results a specific behavior of the individual athlete, who lives the sport activities specific situations. The efforts of the militants for a clean sport which are now or efforts, must be based on a good knowledge of the personality traits of the athletes and the impact of the impact of the entourage over them. All educational activities aiming to reduce and finally eradicate doping in all sports should be developed on these bases.
The main conclusion of our research confirms in general the formulated hypothesis that the elements of the athletes’ personality structure and the social environment may represent risk factors for the doping behavior. The risk factors with important signification are the ones in the system of personality features, especially in the domain of attitudes, knowledge and moral beliefs, all of these related to the aspects specific to sport practice and entourage. The idea that the features of Type A of personality of Romanian athletes are part of the risk factors category is not confirmed well enough.
