Kevin Kipchumba

• Master of Science (Exercise and Sports Science)
• Fitness and Sports Instructor at Kenyatta University

Changing athletes’ attitudes towards doping has been shown as crucial in prevention efforts in combating doping in sports, with dispositional goal orientation and perceptions of coach motivational climate identified as factors shaping doping attitudes among athletes. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between dispositional g...

Nosso objetivo foi utilizar um estudo baseado na opinião de especialistas para identificar variáveis individuais e ambientais relacionadas ao desempenho de corredores. Utilizando o método Delphi, listamos os principais autores com base nos tópicos "corrida" e "atletismo" a nível mundial, sendo que um total de 12 especialistas concordou em participa...

Changing athletes' attitudes towards doping has been shown as crucial in prevention efforts in combating doping in sports, with dispositional goal orientation and perceptions of coach motivational climate identified as factors shaping doping attitudes among athletes. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between dispositional g...

Background It is widely accepted that countries’ characteristics influence sports performance. However, there is a missing link regarding the association between cultural dimensions and runners’ performance. Our purpose was to verify if the six cultural dimensions of Hofstede are related to performance in non-elite runners and to investigate whethe...

The purpose of this study was to establish the correlates of sports confidence among high school athletes. The study examined Vealey’s (1986) nine sources of sports confidence in relation to contextual factors of gender, age, playing experience and type of sport. A descriptive survey design was used, and data were collected using Vealey’s Sources o...

We purpose to determine the nationality of the European middle-distance athletes under 18 years (U18) and under 20 years (U20) during the last decade, to verify the participation trend for each country, and to assess whether the place of competition can be associated with the athletes ranking position. The sample comprised 902 European male runners...

Doping is a worldwide problem that harms athletes' health and undermines the spirit of sport. Studies have shown that male athletes are more prone to doping than female athletes. Athletes with mastery climate have been associated with anti-doping attitudes, while those with performance climate have pro-doping attitudes. However, it is unclear wheth...

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the frequency of countries represented in the TOP20 long-distance elite runners ranking during 1997–2020, taking into account the countries’ Human Development Index (HDI), and to verify if the Matthew effect can be observed regarding countries’ representativeness in the raking alongside the years...

Doping is a global problem that is increasing at an alarming rate and most recently among Kenyan athletes. Athletes who have ego orientation (as opposed to task) orientation and have performance climate (as opposed to mastery) climate have been linked to doping and the use of PES in sports. However, there is paucity of data on the status of these a...