Investigation of prosocial and antisocial behaviors of young athletes in terms of moral decision making attitudes

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https://doi.org/10.15561/18189172.2019.0301

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moral attitude, team sports, behaviors, young athletes

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.

Author Biography

S. Alemdag, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Department of Physical Education and Sport Teaching, Trabzon University

serdar.alemdag@trabzon.edu.tr; Trabzon, Turkey

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2019-06-29

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Alemdag S. Investigation of prosocial and antisocial behaviors of young athletes in terms of moral decision making attitudes. Pedagogics, psychology, medical-biological problems of physical training and sports. 2019;23(3):112-7. https://doi.org/10.15561/18189172.2019.0301
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