Abstract
Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the prosocial and antisocial behaviors of young athletes in terms of their moral decision making attitudes. Material: The study group consists of male athletes, aged among 13-17, who are licensed in the infrastructure of amateur and professional sports clubs in Trabzon/Turkey. "Attitudes to Moral Decision-making in Youth Sports Questionnaire (AMDYSQ)” and “Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior in Sports Scale (PABSS)” was used as a data collection tool. Descriptive statistics, MANOVA, and correlation were used to analyze the data. Results: As a result of the study, while the athletes' prosocial and antisocial behaviors do not show a significant difference according to the sporting year variable, the moral decision-making attitudes of the athletes show a significant difference according to the sporting year variable. In addition, as a result of the correlation analysis, it was observed that there were low and medium positive and negative relations between the sub-factors of the prosocial and antisocial behavior and the moral decision-making attitudes of young athletes.Conclusions: The present study indicated that good moral attitudes positively contributed to prosocial and antisocial behaviors during the competition.
Highlights
Material: The study group consists of male athletes, aged among 13-17, who are licensed in the infrastructure of amateur and professional sports clubs in Trabzon/Turkey
The sub-dimensions of the scale are acceptance of gamesmanship (I sometimes try to wind up the opposition) and acceptance of cheating (I would cheat if I thought it would help the team win) which are known as antisocial moral attitudes, and keep winning in proportion (Winning and losing are a part of life) which is known as prosocial moral attitudes
The results of MANOVA indicate that the moral decision-making attitudes of the athletes show a significant difference according to the sporting year variable (F (6, 840) = 4.911, P = .000; Wilk’s λ = .933)
Summary
The aim of this study is to investigate the prosocial and antisocial behaviors of young athletes in terms of their moral decision making attitudes. That’s why the aim of this study is to investigate the prosocial and antisocial behaviors of young athletes in terms of their moral decision making attitudes
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