Associations Between Sport Participation,Goal and Sportspersonship Orientations,and Moral Reasoning |
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| Authors: | M. Rosie Shrout Dana K. Voelker Geoffrey D. Munro Karla A. Kubitz |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Interdisciplinary Social Psychology PhD Program, University of Nevada, Reno;2. College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, West Virginia University;3. Psychology Department, Towson University;4. Kinesiology Department, Towson University |
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| Abstract: | This study examined associations between level of sport participation, goal and sportspersonship orientations, and moral reasoning in sport and nonsport situations and orientation by sport participation interactions. Participants were individuals with elite (n = 176), high school (n = 183), and youth sport (n = 78) participation. When judging sport situations, individuals who participated in elite sports demonstrated poorer moral reasoning than those who participated in high school and youth sports. At low levels of sportspersonship, individuals who participated in youth sports demonstrated higher moral reasoning than those who participated in high school and elite sports. When judging nonsport situations, moral reasoning was positively related to positive sportspersonship and negatively related to ego orientation but did not differ by sport participation. Within sport, sport participation and goal and sportspersonship orientations play a critical role in moral reasoning. However, these orientations may be more important than sport participation in moral reasoning beyond the sport context. |
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| Keywords: | achievement goal orientation athletes game reasoning morality sportspersonship orientation |
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