Exploring relations between instructors' verbal aggressiveness and argumentativeness and students' fair play behaviours and machiavellianism

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...

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Published in:International journal of physical education 2017, Vol.54 (2), p.26-39
Main Author: Bekiari, Alexandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggression
Befragung
Fairness
Lernbedingungen
Lernprozess
Manipulation
Schülerverhalten
Soziales Verhalten
Sportpädagogik
Sportunterricht
Verbale Kommunikation
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Summary: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 normative suggestion. (Autor).
ISSN:0341-8685
DOI:10.5771/2747-6073-2017-2-26