Abstract
The aim of this study is to determine moral decision making attitudes of youth athletes and sportspersonship behavior levels of their coaches; and to test them in terms of certain variables. The study is in a descriptive research model; the sample group consists of 294 certified athletes playing in youth sports teams; the ages range between 11 and 17. As measurement, “Attitudes to Moral Decision-Making in Youth Sport Questionnaire-2 (AMDYSQ-2)” and “Sportspersonship Coaching Behaviors Scale (SCBS)” were used.
 In order to test whether the data meet the prerequisite for multivariable tests, Skewness and Kurtosis values and Levene and Box M values were investigated. In the analysis of data, descriptive statistics methods, MANOVA, ANOVA and Pearson Correlation analysis were used. In order to determine the reliability of scales, their Cronbach Alpha internal consistency coefficients were calculated. 
 MANOVA results show that AMDYSQ-2 has a significant impact on all independent variables whereas SCBS has a significant impact on “gender” and “branch involvement duration” variables. According to the correlation results, there is a positive and low-level significant correlation between “acceptance of cheating” and “keep winning in proportion” factors of SCBS and “setting expectations for good sportspersonship”, “teaching good sportspersonship”, “reinforcing sportspersonship”, “prioritizing winning over good sportspersonship” and “modeling good sportspersonship” factors of AMDYSQ-2.
 As a result, it is concluded that for the athletes, “acceptance of cheating” factor of AMDYSQ-2 and “setting expectations for good sportspersonship” factor of SCBS are the most important factors.
Highlights
When the literature related to recreation is investigated, it is seen that today leisure opportunities of individuals has been increasing (Güngörmüş, 2007) and it is a fact that this increase required leisure activity tendencies (Güngörmüş et al, 2006)
In the light of the information, the aim of the current study is to investigate the moral decision making attitudes of youth-sports athletes and the behaviors of the sportspersonship of their coaches
It was found that male athletes have higher scores in “acceptance of cheating” and “acceptance of gamesmanship” whereas no significant difference was found in “keep winning in proportion”
Summary
When the literature related to recreation is investigated, it is seen that today leisure opportunities of individuals has been increasing (Güngörmüş, 2007) and it is a fact that this increase required leisure activity tendencies (Güngörmüş et al, 2006). Previous research reveals that regular physical exercise ascertains affective and behavioral differences in leisure attitude (Kara et al, 2019) and physical exercise and sports have valuable contributions to gaining self-confidence, learning about body, socializing, discovering the world, growing up and improving healthily for the children (Soulliard et al, 2019). In this frame, that our children take the aforementioned education fundamentally in their families, immediate environment, educational institutions, and sports schools/sports clubs forms the base of sports culture. Güven and Öncü (2006) emphasized that the involvement of the children in physical education and sports ies.ccsenet.org
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