Attitudes to Moral Decision Making of the Student Athletes in Secondary and High School Level According to Sport Variables

作者：Gurpinar Bahri^*

来源：Education and Science, 2014, 39(176): 413-424.

DOI：10.15390/eb.2014.3645

• Cheating
• Gamesmanship
• Moral decision-making
• Youth sport

The aim of this study was to assess the relation between Acceptance of Cheating, Acceptance of Gamesmanship and Keep Winning in Proportion and, education level, gender, sport experience, sport branch and sport type of the student athletes. The study group are in secondary and high schools and have done any sport to be licensed The study group included 594 student athletes (362 boys and 232 girls) with a mean age of 15.6 (Range: 11-19; SD = 2.11 years) from secondary and high schools. Attitudes to Moral Decision-Making in Youth Sport Questionnaire was used as data collection tool. Significant differences were found according to gender, sport experience, education level, sport branch and sport type. The present results demonstrated moral decision making scores are higher in girls than boys; secondary school students than high school students; noncontact sports than contact sports and inexperienced student athletes than experienced student athletes. In addition, significant differences were found according to the attitudes to moral decision making scores of the student athletes engaged in different sports branches.

• 出版日期2014-10