Citation

Hsu WT, Pan YH. J. Sports Sci. Med. 2018; 17(3): 437-444.

Affiliation

Graduate Institute of Physical Education, National Taiwan Sport University, Taiwan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Uludag University, Turkey)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

30116117

Abstract

This study examined how mechanisms of moral disengagement (MD) were related to students' self-reported misbehaviors. Participants were 282 and 336 high school students enrolled in physical education classes. In Stage 1, results of regression analysis showed that advantageous comparison and non-responsibility positively predicted four misbehaviors (i.e., low engagement, failure to follow directions, poor self-management, and distracting behavior). In Stage 2, results of the structural equation modeling confirmed that advantageous comparison and non-responsibility were the significant predictors of student misbehavior in physical education. It is suggested that prevention and intervention programs should address students' advantageous comparison (e.g., compared to skipping class, it is not a big deal to be shirking in class) and non-responsibility (e.g., no one is taking the class seriously; I am just one of them) to reduce misbehaviors in the physical education context.

Language: en

Keywords

Classroom management; instruction in physical education; youth development