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Autochthonous botanical supplements (ABS) refer to locally sourced plant-based products traditionally used for their medicinal, nutritional, or therapeutic properties. While the use of supplements is not inherently banned in sports, emerging evidence reveals cases of professional athletes being entangled in controversial and contestable doping allegations linked to ABS usage. This study was therefore designed to determine the impact of athletes’ attitudes, knowledge, and awareness on their beliefs about ABS in Oyo State, Nigeria. Equally, the study determined the pattern of usage of ABS among athletes. Using structural equation modeling for our data analysis, our findings indicate that the total effect of athletes' attitudes toward ABS on their beliefs was the most significant, effectively doubling the direct impact of knowledge regarding these supplements. This observation also holds for the direct effects of both attitude and knowledge, while awareness exhibited a very weak positive effect. Additionally, the mediating effect of awareness rendered the indirect effects of attitude and knowledge equivalent in magnitude, both moving in a positive direction. The study concluded that athletes' awareness of ABS closes the gap that exists in the effect of knowledge and attitude on their beliefs about autochthonous botanical supplements. Article visualizations:
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DOI: 10.46827/ejpe.v13i2.6528
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