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that such actions were quite common), trying to
block the opponents moves (33,3% of the coaches
thought that those actions were often), making an
attempt to discuss with the referee after violating
the rules (26,9% indicated that those actions were
often), etc. In the coaches’ opinion the provocations
against the opponents for ones own benefit trying to
make the rivals lose their balance and force them to
make illegal movements were also common (29,0%
and 17,2% respectively). Analogically role-playing
is also not avoided in the sports contest. 14,0% of
the coaches claimed that very often athletes pretend
they are injured, and 26,9% think that athletes simply
imitate the fouls of the rivals. The data of the inquiry
indicated that the forms of deception in sport which
were not so often were athletes’ manipulation with the
final results of the contest, and the trials of referees
and sports organizers to make impact on the contest
results. The first form of deception manifests in
athletes attempts to lose the match aiming to have
more favourable opponents in the next stage (30,0%
of coaches said that it happened sometimes) and
when athletes gamble on the final results of the match
(18,3% agreed that it happened sometimes). The
second form of deception manifests when referees
deliberately make wrong decisions (41,9% of the
coaches thought that referees sometimes did that)
and when the team leaders make agreements on the
final outcomes of the contest (36,6% agreed that it
happened sometimes).
Table 2
Deception in sports activities scale correlation with
MSOS‐25 subscales
Factors 1 2 3 4 5
1. Respect for social conventions
2. Respect for the rules and the 0,57**
officials
3. Respect for one’s commitment 0,57** 0,46**
towards sport participation
4. Respect and concern for the 0,28** 0,50** 0,12
opponent
5. Negative approach towards ‐0,09 ‐0,20 ‐0,01 0,09
the practice of sport
6. Justification of deception ‐0,27* ‐0,13 ‐0,23* ‐0,18 0,22*
Note. Correlations were significant at *– p