Testing contesting theory: Conceptual metaphors and prosocial behavior |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Saint Louis Community College-Meramec, USA;2. Department of Educator Preparation, Innovation and Research, University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA;1. Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, Australia;2. Cyberpsychology Laboratory, Department of Psychoeducation and Psychology, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), Canada;3. Western Sydney University, Australia;4. Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, ISM, Inst Movement Sci, Marseille, France;1. Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, The Netherlands;2. Department of Health Sciences and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;3. Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands;1. Complex Systems in Sport Research Group, INEFC Barcelona University, Avda. De l’Estadi, 12-22, 08038 Barcelona, Spain;2. EUSES, University of Girona, Carrer de Francesc Macia, 65, 17190 Salt, Spain;3. West Chester University, 700 S. High St, West Chester, PA 19382, USA;4. Univ. St. Cyril and Methodius, Zeleznicka BB, 1000 Skopje, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;5. Florida State University, 600 W. College Avenue, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA;1. Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA;2. Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA |
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| Abstract: | ObjectivesThis investigation was conducted to determine whether contesting orientations add predictive utility for prosocial behavior, both in and out of sports, beyond other variables related to the component processes of moral action.DesignCross-sectional.MethodsIntercollegiate US athletes (n = 2380; 56.4% male), from both individual and team sports, completed measures of contesting orientation, three moral variables (moral attentiveness, moral identity, integrity), three sport-specific variables (athletic identity, goal orientation, and fear of failure), and three outcome variables (sportspersonship, academic honesty, and prosocial helping). Data was analyzed using both correlational and regression analyses.ResultsRegression analyses demonstrated that contesting orientations were the best predictors of sportspersonship, but were insignificant predictors of nonsport forms of prosocial behavior.ConclusionsConsistent with contesting theory, contesting orientation are salient and potent predictors of sportspersonship, but do not predict behavior outside of contest situations. |
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| Keywords: | Contesting theory Sportsmanship Moral functioning Prosocial behavior Competition |
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