Values in sport

Question 1

What is a value?

Answer 1

En enduring belief that a specific mode of conduct or end-state of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse mode of conduct/end-state of existence

Question 2

How can values be organised?

Answer 2

Can be organised along a continuum or relative importance; can be split into meta-values, which operate as opposing values

Question 3

What are characteristics of values?

Answer 3

Beliefs linked to emotion; desirable goals or actions; transcend situations; ordered by important; guides to attitudes and behaviour

Question 4

What is attitude?

Answer 4

A learned predisposition to response in a consistently favourable to unfavourable manner with respect to a given object

Question 5

What are three sporting context measures of values?

Answer 5

YSVQ, YSVQ-2, and AMD YSQ

Question 6

What is the YSVQ?

Answer 6

Identified 18 basic/core values; measured by moral dilemmas in sport; moral type values seemed to be highest in importance; a disconnect between frequency or values reported and importance was observed

Question 7

What is the YSVQ-2?

Answer 7

Identifies moral, competence, and status values. Self-transcendence (moral) opposes self-enhancement (status). Openness to change (competence) opposes conservation (conformity –> moral)

Question 8

What is the AMDYSQ?

Answer 8

Attitudes to cheating, gamesmanship, keeping winning in proportion