Influence of Caring Youth Sport Contexts on Efficacy-Related Beliefs and Social Behaviors

Autor/inn/en	Gano-Overway, Lori A.; Newton, Maria; Magyar, T. Michelle; Fry, Mary D.; Kim, Mi-Sook; Guivernau, Marta R.
Titel	Influence of Caring Youth Sport Contexts on Efficacy-Related Beliefs and Social Behaviors
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 45 (2009) 2, S.329-340 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0014067
Schlagwörter	Adolescent Development; Antisocial Behavior; Structural Equation Models; Self Efficacy; Adolescents; Caring; Empathy; Summer Programs; Questionnaires; Prediction; Affective Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Empathie; Sommerkurs; Fragebogen; Vorhersage; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung
Abstract	Understanding what factors influence positive youth development has been advocated by youth development researchers (P. L. Benson, 2006; J. S. Eccles & J. A. Gootman, 2002). Consequently, the purpose of this study was to examine whether perceptions of a caring youth sport context influenced prosocial and antisocial behavior through efficacy-related beliefs, that is, positive and negative affective self-regulatory efficacy (ASRE) and empathic self-efficacy (ESE). Multiethnic youths taking part in summer sport programs (N = 395) completed a questionnaire that measured perceptions of the caring climate, ESE, ASRE, and social behavior. Structural equation modeling was used to test whether ASRE and ESE mediated the relationship between caring and social behaviors. Findings revealed that perceptions of caring positively predicted ASRE and ESE. In turn, positive ASRE positively predicted ESE. Prosocial behaviors were positively linked to ESE, whereas antisocial behaviors were negatively predicted by positive ASRE. The results suggest that caring influences prosocial and antisocial behavior because such contexts develop youths' ability to monitor, manage, and control positive affect, which in turn enhances their belief in their ability to empathize. (Contains 2 footnotes, 1 table, and 4 figures) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10