The Relationship between the Sport Moral Disengagement and the Pro-social and Anti-social Behavior in Competition of Group Events: The Meditation of Moral Identity / 中国运动医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To verify the mediating effect of the moral identity on the relationship between sport moral disengagement and pro-social and anti-social behaviors in competition.Methods Two hundreds and sixty-seven athletes of group events(including 173 males,94 females,with an average age of 22.40,SD=2.75)were selected and investigated using the sport moral disengagement scale,moral identity scale and the scale of pro-social and anti-social behavior in competition.Results (1) The sport moral disengagement had significant influence on the athletes'pro-social and anti-social behaviors in competition.(2)The moral identity has significant positive influence on the athletes' pro-social behavior in competition,but significant negative influence on the athletes' anti-social behavior in competition.(3)The moral identity has significant mediating effect on the relationship between sport moral disengagement and pro-social behavior in competition.Conclusion The moral disengagement in sport has important influence on the athletes' pro-social and anti-social behavior in competition.The moral identity has a significant mediating effect on the relationship between sport moral disengagement and pro-social behaviors in competition.