Predicting moral attitudes and antisocial behavior in young team sport athletes: A self‐determination theory perspective. Issue 4 (26th February 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Predicting moral attitudes and antisocial behavior in young team sport athletes: A self‐determination theory perspective. Issue 4 (26th February 2019)
- Main Title:
- Predicting moral attitudes and antisocial behavior in young team sport athletes: A self‐determination theory perspective
- Authors:
- Mallia, Luca
Lucidi, Fabio
Zelli, Arnaldo
Chirico, Andrea
Hagger, Martin S. - Abstract:
- Abstract: Identifying the factors associated with prosocial and antisocial behaviors in youth sport may provide evidence to inform interventions aimed at promoting prosocial behaviors and minimizing rule transgressions in young athletes. We investigated relations among social‐contextual factors (e.g., social support), personal motivational factors (e.g., psychological need satisfaction and motivation), young athletes' attitudes toward prosocial (e.g., keeping winning in proportion) and antisocial (e.g., acceptance of cheating and gamesmanship) behaviors, and their actual rule violations during matches in two samples of athletes. Participants in Sample 1 were young team sport athletes ( N = 355) and participants in Sample 2 were young male futsal players ( N = 296). Athletes in Sample 1 completed validated self‐report measures of perceived autonomy support, basic need satisfaction, and autonomous and controlled motivation from self‐determination theory, moral attitudes, and past cheating behaviors. Athletes in Sample 2 completed identical measures and two additional behavioral measures: athletes' self‐reported number of yellow cards received during competition in the last 6 months and the number of yellow cards athletes received from referees in the subsequent 2 months from competition records. We found significant relations between psychological need satisfaction and self‐determined motivation, and athletes' moral attitudes in both samples. These effects held whenAbstract: Identifying the factors associated with prosocial and antisocial behaviors in youth sport may provide evidence to inform interventions aimed at promoting prosocial behaviors and minimizing rule transgressions in young athletes. We investigated relations among social‐contextual factors (e.g., social support), personal motivational factors (e.g., psychological need satisfaction and motivation), young athletes' attitudes toward prosocial (e.g., keeping winning in proportion) and antisocial (e.g., acceptance of cheating and gamesmanship) behaviors, and their actual rule violations during matches in two samples of athletes. Participants in Sample 1 were young team sport athletes ( N = 355) and participants in Sample 2 were young male futsal players ( N = 296). Athletes in Sample 1 completed validated self‐report measures of perceived autonomy support, basic need satisfaction, and autonomous and controlled motivation from self‐determination theory, moral attitudes, and past cheating behaviors. Athletes in Sample 2 completed identical measures and two additional behavioral measures: athletes' self‐reported number of yellow cards received during competition in the last 6 months and the number of yellow cards athletes received from referees in the subsequent 2 months from competition records. We found significant relations between psychological need satisfaction and self‐determined motivation, and athletes' moral attitudes in both samples. These effects held when statistically controlling for past behavior. Importantly, our prospective analysis of Sample 2 indicated that attitudes toward antisocial behaviors predicted athletes' rule violations during subsequent tournament matches. Findings indicate that promoting autonomous motivation and need satisfaction through autonomy support may foster attitudes toward prosocial behaviors, and minimize rule transgressions, in young athletes. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of applied social psychology. Volume 49:Issue 4(2019)
- Journal:
- Journal of applied social psychology
- Issue:
- Volume 49:Issue 4(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 49, Issue 4 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 49
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0049-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- 249
- Page End:
- 263
- Publication Date:
- 2019-02-26
- Subjects:
- Social psychology -- Periodicals
Behavior -- Periodicals
Psychology, Social -- Periodicals
302 - Journal URLs:
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗
- DOI:
- 10.1111/jasp.12581 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0021-9029
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