Background: The present study tested Lee et al.’s (2008) model of moral attitudes and cheating behavior in sports in an Italian sample of young tennis players and extended it to predict behavior in actual match play. In the first phase of the study we proposed that moral, competence and status values would predict prosocial and antisocial moral attitudes directly, and indirectly through athletes’ goal orientations. In the second phase, we hypothesized that moral attitudes would directly predict actual cheating behavior observed during match play.ududMethod: Adolescent competitive tennis players (N = 314, 76.75% males, M age = 14.36 years, SD = 1.50) completed measures of values, goal orientations, and moral attitudes. A sub-sample (n = 90) was observed in 45 competitive tennis matches by trained observers who recorded their cheating and gamesmanship behaviors on a validated checklist.ududResults: Consistent with hypotheses, athletes’ values predicted their moral attitudes through the effects of goal orientations. Anti-social attitudes directly predicted cheating behavior in actual match play providing support for a direct link between moral attitude and actual behavior.ududConclusion: The present study findings support key propositions of Lee and colleagues’ model, and extended its application to competitive athletes in actual match play.
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机译:背景:本研究在意大利年轻网球运动员样本中测试了Lee等人(2008)的体育道德态度和作弊行为模型,并将其扩展为预测实际比赛中的行为。在研究的第一阶段,我们提出道德,能力和地位价值观将直接或通过运动员的目标定向间接预测亲社会和反社会的道德态度。在第二阶段中,我们假设道德态度将直接预测比赛期间观察到的实际作弊行为。 ud ud方法:青少年竞争性网球运动员(N = 314,男性76.75%,M年龄= 14.36岁,SD = 1.50)完成衡量价值,目标取向和道德态度的方法。经过训练的观察员在45场网球比赛中观察到一个子样本(n = 90),他们将他们的作弊行为和游戏技巧行为记录在了经过验证的清单上。目标定位。反社会态度直接预测了实际比赛中的作弊行为,为道德态度与实际行为之间的直接联系提供了支持。 ud ud结论:本研究结果支持了Lee和同事模型的关键命题,并将其应用于竞争比赛中的运动员。
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