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  • Psychology of Sport
  • Moral Psychology
  • Sociomoral Theory

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  • Contesting theory posits competition is framed as either partnership or war.
  • These metaphors imply distinct sociomoral dynamics among competitors.
  • Understanding these frames is crucial for analyzing athlete behavior and ethical decision-making.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between competition metaphors (partnership vs. war) and moral frameworks in intercollegiate athletes.
  • To examine how formalist/consequentialist moral frameworks and individualizing/binding moral foundations relate to these competition metaphors.

Main Methods:

  • Survey of 610 intercollegiate athletes.
  • Correlational analysis to assess relationships between competition metaphors and moral dimensions.
  • Multiple regression to identify predictors of partnership and war orientations.

Main Results:

  • The partnership approach showed significant correlations with all four moral dimensions (formalist, consequentialist, individualizing, binding).
  • The war approach correlated with formalist and consequentialist frameworks, and binding foundations (loyalty, authority, purity).
  • Formalist thinking and individualizing foundations predicted partnership; consequentialist thinking and binding foundations predicted war.

Conclusions:

  • Athlete conceptualizations of competition are significantly linked to their moral reasoning and foundations.
  • A partnership view of competition aligns with fairness and welfare concerns.
  • A war view of competition is associated with adherence to in-group loyalty, authority, and purity.