Emotional Experiences of Youth Sport Parents I: Anger

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Although there is general agreement that some sideline behavior at youth sport events is problematic (Goldstein & Iso-Ahola, 200814. Goldstein , J. D. and Iso-Ahola , S. 2008 . Determinants of parents’ sideline-rage emotions and behaviors at youth soccer games . Journal of Applied Social Psychology , 38 : 1442 - 1462 . View all references), the reasons why parent spectators sometimes act inappropriately are not well understood. Given that the most problematic behaviors appear to be motivated by anger (Omli & LaVoi, 200932. Omli , J. and LaVoi , N. M. 2009 . Background anger in youth sport: A perfect storm? . Journal of Sport Behavior , 32 : 242 - 260 . View all references), the purpose of this study is to identify sources of anger from the perspective of parents. Participants (n = 773, 59% female) described specific instances in which they got angry during a youth sport event. A grounded theory analysis yielded three types of perceived offenses—uncaring, unjust, and incompetent—and four categories of perceived offenders—referees, coaches, participants, and other parent spectators.View full textDownload full textRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2011.578102