Individual, Team, and Coach Predictors of Players� Likelihood to Aggress in Youth Soccer

• Autores: Graig M. Chow, Kristen E. Murray, Deborah L. Feltz
• Localización: Journal of sport and exercise psychology, ISSN 0895-2779, Vol. 31, Nº. 4, 2009, págs. 425-443
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The purpose of this study was to examine personal and socioenvironmental factors of players� likelihood to aggress. Participants were youth soccer players (N = 258) and their coaches (N = 23) from high school and club teams. Players completed the Judgments About Moral Behavior in Youth Sports Questionnaire (JAMBYSQ; Stephens, Bredemeier, & Shields, 1997), which assessed athletes� stage of moral development, team norm for aggression, and self-described likelihood to aggress against an opponent. Coaches were administered the Coaching Efficacy Scale (CES; Feltz, Chase, Moritz, & Sullivan, 1999). Using multilevel modeling, results demonstrated that the team norm for aggression at the athlete and team level were significant predictors of athletes� self likelihood to aggress scores. Further, coaches� game strategy efficacy emerged as a positive predictor of their players� self-described likelihood to aggress. The findings contribute to previous research examining the socioenvironmental predictors of athletic aggression in youth sport by demonstrating the importance of coaching efficacy beliefs.