TY - JOUR
T1 - Emotional Experiences of Youth Sport Parents I
T2 - Anger
AU - Omli, Jens
AU - LaVoi, Nicole M.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - Although there is general agreement that some sideline behavior at youth sport events is problematic (Goldstein & Iso-Ahola, 2008), the reasons why parent spectators sometimes act inappropriately are not well understood. Given that the most problematic behaviors appear to be motivated by anger (Omli & LaVoi, 2009), the purpose of this study is to identify sources of anger from the perspective of parents. Participants (n = 773, 59% female) described specific instances in which they got angry during a youth sport event. A grounded theory analysis yielded three types of perceived offenses-uncaring, unjust, and incompetent-and four categories of perceived offenders-referees, coaches, participants, and other parent spectators.
AB - Although there is general agreement that some sideline behavior at youth sport events is problematic (Goldstein & Iso-Ahola, 2008), the reasons why parent spectators sometimes act inappropriately are not well understood. Given that the most problematic behaviors appear to be motivated by anger (Omli & LaVoi, 2009), the purpose of this study is to identify sources of anger from the perspective of parents. Participants (n = 773, 59% female) described specific instances in which they got angry during a youth sport event. A grounded theory analysis yielded three types of perceived offenses-uncaring, unjust, and incompetent-and four categories of perceived offenders-referees, coaches, participants, and other parent spectators.
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U2 - 10.1080/10413200.2011.578102
DO - 10.1080/10413200.2011.578102
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84855426481
SN - 1041-3200
VL - 24
SP - 10
EP - 25
JO - Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
IS - 1
ER -