Sports Final Chapter 24: Character Development And Good Sporting Behavior

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Three components of morality in sports

Back 1

Fair play
Good sporting behavior
Character

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Fair play

Back 2

 Understand and adhere not only to the formal rules of the game, but also to the spirit of cooperation and unwritten rules of play necessary to ensure that a contest is fair

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Good sporting behavior

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 Involves an intense striving to succeed, tempered by commitment to the play spirit such that ethical standards will take precedence over strategic gain when the two conflict
 Factor analyses reveals some commonalities
• Full commitment to participation
• Respect and concern for rules and officials
• Respect and concern for social conventions
• Respect and concern for the opponent
• Avoiding poor attitudes toward participation

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Character

Back 4

 Characteristics (usually connoting a positive moral overtone) that can be developed in sport
 Examples
• Resiliency
• Social competence
• Autonomy
• Optimism and hope
• Compassion
• Integrity

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Three approaches to developing character and good sporting behavior

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o Social learning approach
 Appropriate attitudes and behavior are learned through watching others
o Structural-Developmental Approach
 Psychological growth and development change a child’s thoughts and judgments
 Experiences shape moral reasoning
o Social-Psychological
 Includes previous 2 perspective, and more
 Social agents (e.g., parents and coaches) label or define good sporting behavior
 Person by situation approach
• Cultural attitudes, values, norms of individuals and groups, stages of moral reasoning

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Moral reasoning

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o The decision process in which a person determines the rightness or wrongness of a course of action

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Moral development

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o The process of experience and growth through which a person develops the capacity to reason morally

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Moral behavior

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o Carrying out an act that is deemed right or wrong

Front 9

Explanations for link between sport participation and lower delinquency

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o Differential association
 Athletes have less frequent, shorter, and less intense interactions with delinquent others
o Social bonding
 Kids who participate in sport develop attachments with significant others who represent dominant, prosocial values
o Labeling hypothesis
 Sport participation does not facilitate youth values, but because many people in society value sport, being labeled an “athlete” often leads to special treatment
• So get away with more delinquent behaviors
o Economic strain
 Delinquency occurs because many youth are impoverished but still desire the high standard of living others enjoy
 Sport participation allows impoverished youngsters to gain prestige and status, and reduces the strain between their dreams of a better life and beliefs about attainable goals

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Role taking

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o Children around age 7 or 8 can start to judge intent
o Children about 10 years old, you can already emphasize role taking