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1. MORAL
BEHAVIOR
IN SPORTS

2. OBJECTIVES
Define the
meaning of moral
behavior.
Classify the
different behavior
in sport.
Discuss the
important role of
sports in our moral
lives.

3. MORAL
concerned with the principles of
right and wrong behavior and the
goodness or badness of human
character.
BEHAVIOR
the way in which a person acts in
response to a particular situation or
stimulus.

4. MORAL BEHAVIOR
refers to acts that can have
positive or negative
consequences for athletes’
psychological and physical
well-being .

5. TYPES OF BEHAVIOR IN SPORTS
Antisocial Behavior
Prosocial Behavior

6. Prosocial Behavior
is voluntary behavior intended to help or
benefit another individual or group of
individuals.
Examples in sport are lending equipment
to an opponent; helping another player
off the floor; and encouraging,
supporting, or congratulating a
teammate.

7. Antisocial Behavior
is a behavior intended to harm or
disadvantage another individual or group
of individuals.
Examples of antisocial behavior in sport
are trying to injure an opponent, verbally
abusing a teammate, retaliating after a
bad foul, faking an injury, and breaking
the rules of the game.

8. A number of individual difference and social environmental factors
have been associated with prosocial and antisocial behaviors.
Three of the main antecedents identified in past research are:
goal orientation
moral disengagement
motivational climate.
ANTECEDENTS

9. GOAL ORIENTATION
Goal orientation refers to the subjective criteria of success
people use in achievement contexts such as sport. Two major
goal orientations operate in sport: task and ego orientation.

10. MORAL DISENGAGEMENT
refers to a set of cognitive mechanisms that people use to
justify their antisocial behavior. Through these
justifications, athletes manage to engage in antisocial
behavior without experiencing negative feelings, such as
guilt, that normally controls this behavior.

11. refers to the criteria of success that are dominant in the social
environment and is created by parents, teachers, and coaches.
Through the feedback they provide, the rewards they give, and, in
general, the way they interact with the players, coaches make clear
what are the criteria of success in that achievement context.
MOTIVATIONAL CLIMATE

12. In conclusion, moral behavior is a term used to refer to
behaviors that are included in the moral domain and it is
often used to refer collectively to prosocial and antisocial
behaviors. These behaviors are morally relevant because
they can have consequences for others. Both dispositional
and situational factors are associated with prosocial and
antisocial behaviors in sport.

13. LAWRENCE KOHLBERG
Kohlberg’s theory (1984) on moral development is
often used to explain the relationship between
moral climate and moral behavior of athletes. He
proposed that moral reasons or beliefs are
important motives to moral behavior. Believing
that certain behavior is the right or acceptable
thing to do, has a great motivational power to act
in concordance with that belief.

14. Sport can also build character and
personal qualities, such as courage,
integrity, and the capacity to commit to a
goal or purpose, as well as values such as
a sense of responsibility to others,
respect for others, self-discipline, a
sense of fair play and fair dealing, and
honesty.
IMPORTANCE OF SPORTS IN
OUR MORAL LIVES

15. THANK YOU!
Do you have any
questions or
clarifications?

16. REFERENCES
https://link.springer.com/article/
10.1007/s10964-018-0968-5
http://psychology.iresearchnet.co
m/sports-psychology/moral-
development/moral-behavior-
and-sport/
https://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/
cur/physhlth/frame_found_gr11/r
m/module_d_lesson_3.pdf