TY - JOUR PY - 2013// TI - Acceptance of gamesmanship and cheating in young competitive athletes in relation to the motivational climate generated by parents and coaches JO - Perceptual and motor skills A1 - Palou, Pere A1 - Ponseti, Francisco Javier A1 - Cruz, Jaume A1 - Vidal, Josep A1 - Cantallops, Jaume A1 - BorrĂ s, Pere Antoni A1 - Garcia-Mas, Alejandro SP - 1332 EP - 1345 VL - 117 IS - 1 N2 - The goal was to assess the relation between the acceptance of using gamesmanship and cheating in sports and the type of motivational climate created by coaches and parents. The sample consisted of 110 soccer, basketball, and handball players from the Balearic Islands competition (70 boys, 40 girls; M age = 14.7 yr., SD = 2.1, range 10-19). As for the motivational climate generated by coaches, task climate was negatively related to the acceptance of gamesmanship and cheating, but ego climate was related to higher acceptance. Motivational climate generated by parents was not related to acceptance of cheating or gamesmanship.

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