Open AccessEffects of different sport participations on prosocial and antisocial behaviors
Author(s) -
Qiuhan Zhu,
Jaehyun Han
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of applied sports sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2233-7946
pISSN - 1598-2939
DOI - 10.24985/ijass.2019.31.1.1
Subject(s) - prosocial behavior , psychology , elite , recreation , social psychology , multivariate analysis of variance , developmental psychology , social facilitation , group cohesiveness , political science , machine learning , politics , computer science , law
People might mythically believe sport affecting on social behavior positively, and that an intensive participation could provide better social behavior to youth and society. In addition, some people have propagandized the myth to promote the positive utilization of sport. However, the literature has not provided an agreed consensus as to sport participation increasing prosocial behaviors and reducing antisocial behaviors. Given that, the present study attempted to examine the conflicting issue between the literature. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the effect of sport participation on prosocial and antisocial behavior in the comparison between the elite and the recreational. To achieve the purpose of this study, survey questionnaires were distributed, and 589 responses were analyzed using a factors analysis, a one-way MANOVA. The results were as followed. First, compared to most of the literature not specifying factors of prosocial and antisocial behaviors, the present study identified social behavior factors using an existing questionnaire. Second, there were differences in social behaviors between the elite sport participant and the recreational sport participant. Third, the recreational sport participation and the elite sport participation differ on prosocial behavior especially in high leadership, social facilitation, and high group cohesion. Fourth, the elite sport participant and the recreational sport participant have no significant difference on antisocial behaviors.