Repercusiones del Programa Delfos de educación en valores a través del deporte en jóvenes escolares

Abstract

This study examined the after effects of the Delfos Program of education in values through sport, in fair play behaviour and self-control in young students. The sample was formed by students from two public schools (N=159), with an average age of 13.7 years. They filled two sets of questionnaires: the first one to know their fair play attitude; the second one to evaluate their personal self-control through the five scales of the CACIA questionnaire (Capafons and Silva 1998).The Intervention Program was applied to the experimental group in twenty sessions of initiation to indoor soccer. The results showed, in the experimental group, a significant progress in personal feedback, reward delay, self-control criteria, and opinions related to enjoyment. A decrease in variables related to hard play and vital search for victory was observed as well. No significant changes were found in the control group. The results evidence the effectiveness of the Delfos Program to create changes, in a relative short time, on the opinions and behaviours related to fair-play in sport and self-control in other daily life contexts. This investigation indicates the key factors in the connection between involvement in sport and morality; since it suggests that the effects of the implication in certain sports on the moral working of the athletes are not explained by the sport per se but by the context where it is carried out.