Goal Orientations, Perceptions of Aggression, and Sportspersonship in Elite Male Youth Ice Hockey Players

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between goal orientations, perceptions of athletic aggression, and sportspersonship among elite male youth ice hockey players (M age = 13.08 years). Athletes (N = 171) completed questionnaires to assess their goal orientations, attitudes toward directing aggressive behaviors during competition, and non-aggression-related sportspersonship. In accordance with Vallerand, Deshaies, Cuerrier, Brière, and Pelletier (1996), sportspersonship was conceptualized as a five-dimensional construct. Multiple regression analyses revealed that high ego-oriented athletes were more inclined to approve of aggressive behaviors than those with low ego orientation. Players with higher levels of task orientation (rather than low task orientation) had higher sportspersonship levels on three dimensions. An analysis of goal orientation patterns revealed that regardless of ego orientation, low (compared to high) task orientation was more motivationally detrimental to several sportspersonship dimensions. The practical implications of these results are discussed in the context of Nicholls’s (1989) achievement goal theory.

Adaptation of the Attitudes to Moral Decision-Making in Youth Sport Questionnaire into Turkish Culture: A Validity and Reliability Study in a Turkish Sample

“…Bu bağlamda sportmenlik ve fair play ilkelerinin ihlalleri ya da bu ilkelerin farklı kavramlarla ilişkileri ile ilgili birçok çalışma araştırmacılar tarafından yapılmıştır. Bu çalışmalar arasında ahlaki çöküş (Corrion, Long, Smith ve Longueville, 2009;Boardley ve Kavussanu, 2011), ahlaki düşünme (Long, Pantaleon, Bruant ve Longueville, 2006), ahlaki işleyiş (Kavussanu, ve Spray, 2006), sporda hile (D'Arripe-Longueville, Corrion, Scoffier, Roussel ve Chalabaev, 2010), başarı amacı ve sportmenlik (Lemyre, Roberts ve Ommundsen, 2002;Gano-Overway, Guivernau, Magyar, Waldron ve Ewing, 2005), başarı amacı ve fair play (Río, Gimenez, Cecchini ve Mesa, 2012), hedef yönelimi ve sportmenlik (Dunn ve Dunn, 1999), motivasyonel iklim ve sportmenlik (Stornes ve Ommundsen, 2004;Miller, Roberts ve Ommundsen, 2004;), doping kullanımı ve sportmenlik (Chantal, Soubranne ve Brunel, 2009), anti sosyal davranış (Sage ve Kavussanu, 2008;Boardley ve Kavussanu, 2010;Hodge ve Lonsdale, 2011;Bortoli, Messina, Zorba ve Robazza, 2012), spor eğitimi modeli (Perlman ve Karp, 2010), konuları yer almaktadır. Ayrıca sporun çocukların ahlaki ve karakter gelişimine olumlu yönde etkilerine dair bazı çalışmalar da vardır.…”

Investigation of Ego and Task Orientation among International Wrestling Referees

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Sports Build Character?!

“…Athletes, especially on team sports, tend to score lower on character tests (Krause & Priest, 1993;Beller & Stoll, 1995;Dunn & Dunn, 1999). George Sage (personal communication, May, 2004) believes that sport in America has reached a "crisis" point and that most athletes' sports experiences are detrimental to their character development.…”

“…George Sage (personal communication, May, 2004) believes that sport in America has reached a "crisis" point and that most athletes' sports experiences are detrimental to their character development. The majority of the research reports that there is a negative relationship between participation in sports and character development (Krause & Priest, 1993;Dunn & Dunn, 1999;Silva, 1983;Beller & Stoll, 1995;Bredemeier & Shields, 1984a, 1984bHahm, 1989). …”

“…Silva also found that females were less likely to accept or participate in overly aggressive or violent behavior than males. Dunn and Dunn (1999) studied 171 young (M = 13.08 years) elite hockey players and found that they become so focused on the end result of their sport experience that their moral concerns about the means of achieving those ends often declined. Athletes were delineated in two ways: (1) the ego oriented, or more focused on themselves, the end result of their participation in sports, or comparing themselves to others; and (2) the task oriented, or more focused on simply becoming a better player.…”