Autonomy and sportspersonship orientation in the moral behavior of thletes

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira , Leonardo Pestillo de
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Vissoci, João Ricardo Nickenig, Wagner, Valdilene, Ciampa , Antonio da Costa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/7975
• topic: Athletic performance; Autonomy; Morale; Autonomia; Desempenho atlético; Moral; Moral no Esporte

This study proposes an Explanatory Moral Model in sport, verifying the perception of autonomy and its influence on pro and antisocial behavior in athletes, mediated by sportspersonship orientation. 180 athletes from the southern region of Brazil of both genders participating in national and international competitions were evaluated. The instruments used were: Basic Sport Needs Satisfaction Scale (BNSSS); Multidimensional Sportspersonship Orientation Scale (MSOS); and Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior in Sport Scale (PABSS). Data were analyzed using a Structural Equation Model. The athletes showed high values of autonomy, independent judgment, respect for the rules, social conventions and prosocial behaviors, with low values of antisocial behaviors. The tested structural equation model demonstrates that sportspersonship orientation can be a mediating variable between the relationship of autonomy and especially prosocial behaviors. It is concluded that a postconventional morality in sport associated with an autonomic movement goes through a positive orientation of sports practice.