Abstract
The aim of this study is to determine the correlation between moral disengagement level of team athletes and unethical behaviors they perceived from their coaches by examining moral disengagement level of team athletes depending on unethical behaviors they perceived from their coaches. The target population of the study consists of 305 team athletes whose age average is 20.45 ± 4.68 and who are training with the same trainer for average of 2.01 ± 1.69 years and from basketball, football and volleyball branches. In this study, “Moral Disengagement in Sport” and “Athlete’s Perception about Coaches’ Unethical Behaviors” scales have been used as data collection tools. Descriptive statistics, t test, ANOVA and Pearson Correlation analysis were used for the analysis of data. According to the findings of the study, it was observed that there was a positive low level of correlation between moral disengagement and athlete’s perception about unethical behaviors of the coach. Younger athletes have a higher perception about unethical behavior they perceived from coaches. Moral disengagement scores of male athletes, athletes who did not take part in national team and athletes who were punished were significantly higher. Significant difference was observed in moral disengagement and in the sub-dimensions of the athletes’ perception about their coaches’ unethical behavior scales by branch. When the meeting level of athletes with their coaches in the social environment examined, it was seen that there was a significant difference in all sub-dimensions of the athlete’s perception regarding the coach’s unethical behaviors scale. When athlete’s level of communication with their coaches was examined, there was a significant difference in all sub-dimensions of the athlete’s perception regarding the coach’s unethical behaviors scale. As a result, as the level of unethical behavior that athletes perceived from their coaches increases, the level of moral disengagement also increases.
Highlights
The moral development, which is defined as the system of values that exists in the developmental process of the individual, is formed on the basis of thoughts and beliefs about what are the values such as right-wrong, good-bad etc. (Topkaya, 2007)
The aim of this study is to determine the correlation between moral disengagement level of team athletes and unethical behaviors they perceived from their coaches by examining moral disengagement level of team athletes depending on unethical behaviors they perceived from their coaches
When the literature was reviewed, no studies have been found about the team athletes’ moral disengagement levels depending on the unethical behaviors that they perceived from their coaches, while it is seen that many studies have been conducted within the scope of ethical issues in physical education and the sports
Summary
The moral development, which is defined as the system of values that exists in the developmental process of the individual, is formed on the basis of thoughts and beliefs about what are the values such as right-wrong, good-bad etc. (Topkaya, 2007). According to İnanç et al (2004), psychological researches reveal three dimensions of moral development which are cognitive, behavioral, and emotional dimensions. The attitudes related to the ethical rules, the relationship with the real behaviors that require the consideration of ethical principles in the behavioral dimension, and in the emotional dimension, the feelings such as guilt, sharing, empathy and cooperation are focused on. The spirit of Fair Play is required to win morally (Eitzen, 2006). It is the basic principle of sports ethics that athletes adopt universal moral values and apply them in their actions in sporting events (Charles, 1999)
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