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- Title
Exploring relations between instructors' verbal aggressiveness and argumentativeness and students' fair play behaviours and Machiavellianism.
- Authors
Bekiari, A.
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine how physical education instructors' verbal aggressiveness and argumentativeness as perceived by the students, is related to students' fair play self-reported behaviours and Machiavellian tactics. 246 students (110 males, 136 females), aged twelve to 17 years (M= 14.7, SD=.96) from secondary schools completed three types of questionnaires during physical education classes. The results supported the internal consistency of the instruments. Correlational analysis indicated that perceived instructors' verbal aggressiveness was negatively related to their argumentativeness and students' prosocial fair play behaviours, while it was positively related to students' antisocial fair play behaviours and Machiavellian tactics. The results of regression analysis revealed that perceived instructors' verbal aggressiveness and argumentativeness could significantly predict the variables of students' fair play behaviours and Machiavellianism. In the light of the aforementioned findings, it can be concluded that instructors' verbal aggressiveness can have a negative impact on students' behaviours regarding fair play, which can in turn affect their learning process. The findings and implications of the contribution of instructors' verbal aggressiveness and argumentativeness to the fair play behaviours and Machiavellian tactics are further discussed and future research points are suggested. The demand for improvement in instructor education and training in order to respond to a challenging and constantly changing field is highlighted as a nonnative suggestion.
- Subjects
SPORTSMANSHIP; MACHIAVELLIANISM (Psychology); PHYSICAL education teacher attitudes
- Publication
International Journal of Physical Education, 2017, Vol 54, Issue 2, p26
- ISSN
0341-8685
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5771/2747-6073-2017-2-26