title: Acceptance of gamesmanship and cheating in young competitive athletes in relation to the motivational climate generated by parents and coaches.
abstract: The goal was to assess the relation between the acceptance of using gamesmanship and cheating in sports and the type of motivational climate created by coaches and parents. The sample consisted of 110 soccer, basketball, and handball players from the Balearic Islands competition (70 boys, 40 girls; M age = 14.7 yr., SD = 2.1, range 10-19). As for the motivational climate generated by coaches, task climate was negatively related to the acceptance of gamesmanship and cheating, but ego climate was related to higher acceptance. Motivational climate generated by parents was not related to acceptance of cheating or gamesmanship.
authors.affiliation: University of the Balearic Islands, Faculty of Education, Guillem Cifre de Colonya, Cra. Valldemossa, km. 7.5. Palma, 07122, Balearic Islands, Spain. pere.palou@uib.es
authors.forename: Pere
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Palou
authors.affiliation: Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
authors.forename: Francisco Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Ponseti
authors.affiliation: Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
authors.forename: Jaume
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.affiliation: University of the Balearic Islands, Spain.
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vidal
authors.affiliation: University of the Balearic Islands, Spain.
authors.forename: Jaume
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cantallops
authors.affiliation: University of the Balearic Islands, Spain.
authors.forename: Pere Antoni
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Borràs
authors.affiliation: University of the Balearic Islands, Spain.
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garcia-Mas
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D056352:Athletes / Q000523:psychology*; D054874:Athletic Performance; D001490:Basketball / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D008192:Deception; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D012916:Soccer / Q000523:psychology; D012932:Social Facilitation; D012951:Socialization; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires