Relationships Among Values, Achievement Orientations, and Attitudes in Youth Sport

This research examines the value-expressive function of attitudes and achievement goal theory in predicting moral attitudes. In Study 1, the Youth Sport Values Questionnaire (YSVQ; Lee, Whitehead, & Balchin, 2000) was modified to measure moral,competence, and status values. In Study 2, structural equation modeling on data from 549 competitors (317 males, 232 females) aged 12–15 years showed that moral and competence values predicted prosocial attitudes, whereas moral (negatively) and status values (positively)predicted antisocial attitudes. Competence and status values predicted task and ego orientation, respectively, and task and ego orientation partially mediated the effect of competence values on prosocial attitudes and of status values on antisocial attitudes, respectively. The role of sport values is discussed, and new research directions are proposed

All you need to know about action research, 2nd edition

What is action research? Why do action research? When should you use action research? In the second edition of All You Need to Know about Action Research, expert practitioners Jean McNiff and Jack Whitehead guide you through everything you need to know to plan and carry out a successful action research project. The book provides: - A guide to the history and philosophy underpinning action research - Comprehensive coverage of the main theoretical debates in action research - A unique understanding of how action research can help your learning and your professional practice - Practical help in planning your project - Help with writing about your research and disseminating your findings. The second edition has been thoroughly updated throughout, and now includes new real-life case studies from Education, Health and Business. A new chapter on reviewing the literature has been added and the sections on data gathering and analysis have been updated to take into account the latest technological advances

Development of the attitudes to moral decion-making in Youth Sport Questionnaire (AMDYSQ)

Objectives: To develop a questionnaire on attitudes to moral decision making in youth sport and describe the levels of ethical attitudes in young competitors. Design: One qualitative and 4 quantitative studies. Method: First, 11 focus group interviews with 50 competitors, aged 11–17 years, identified their attitudes to moral issues. Subsequently, exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory (CFA) factor analyses with samples of 435 and 218 competitors eliminated unsuitable items, to improve conceptual clarity and factorial validity, and reduced a 56-item pilot questionnaire to a 3-factor 18-item instrument measuring. Acceptance of Cheating, Acceptance of Gamesmanship, and Keeping Winning in Proportion. Then exploratory modifications were made in a restricted framework to develop a 9-item gender-invariant instrument using a sample of 1126 competitors. Finally, with 375 participants, the 3-factor model was cross-validated and concurrent validity was demonstrated by correlations with a similar instrument. Results: All psychometric criteria were met. Males, older and team sport athletes scored higher than females, younger and individual sport athletes on acceptance of cheating and gamesmanship. Acceptance of gamesmanship was also higher among athletes at higher competitive levels and keeping winning in proportion was higher in females. Conclusion: We present a sound psychometric instrument to assess 3 ethical attitudes in young competitors

Sport values, personal values and antisocial behavior in sport

A core aspect of morality concerns behavior towards others. To better understand this issue, we investigated the values-behavior relationship. In a cross-sectional study design, 165 team sport athletes rated the importance of Lee's sport values and Schwartz's basic personal values and reported their frequency of antisocial behavior in sport. With sport values, antisocial behavior was negatively correlated with moral values but positively correlated with status values. With personal values, antisocial behavior was negatively correlated with self-transcendence and conservation values but positively correlated with self-enhancement values. In terms of the relative importance of values, competence and moral were more important than status sport values, whereas self-transcendence and openness to change were more important than conservation and self-enhancement personal values. In terms of the conceptual link across contexts, comparisons of sport and personal values confirmed strong overlap between status and self-enhancement values, competence and openness to change values, and moral and self-transcendence values. In conclusion, antisocial behavior was related to both sport and personal values, and, in line with theory and evidence, the relationship between values and antisocial behavior resembled an unethicality profile

The functional role of birds as pollinators in southern Cape fynbos.

Master of Science in Biological Sciences. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg 2018.Nectarivorous birds, particularly sunbirds, are important pollinators of plants in the Cape Flora of South Africa, being responsible for pollinating approximately 5% of plant species. However, interactions between plants and nectarivorous birds in the eastern part of the Cape Floristic Region have not received much attention. This study focussed on two putatively bird-pollinated plant species found within the Nature’s Valley area, namely Kniphofia uvaria and Chasmanthe aethiopica. The breeding systems were determined for each species and, due to their patchy population distribution, potential Allee effects on plant fecundity were also tested for. Flowering phenology in the area was also examined to test for associations between flowering of bird-pollinated plant species and the temporal presence of nectarivorous birds. Selective exclusion experiments showed that sunbirds were the main pollinators of K. uvaria and C. aethiopica – fruit set and the number of viable seeds were much higher for untreated (open control) individuals where birds could visit flowers freely, compared to caged individuals which only allowed for insect visitation. Very few seeds developed when plants of the two species were bagged to exclude all pollinators, indicating that the species are not capable of autonomous self-fertilization. Fruit and seed set were determined for patches of K. uvaria and C. aethiopica in order to test for potential Allee effects. There was a significant relation between the percentage of flowers that set fruit and the number of plants per patch for both K. uvaria and C. aethiopica. However, the number of seeds set per flower of K. uvaria and C. aethiopica had no significant relation with the number of plants per patch. Flowering phenology for the area was determined by bi-weekly walks along the two study sites to document plants in flower. Bird presence was determined using data collected from bi-weekly mist netting sessions at the two sites. We then compared the presence of birds with the flowering data of bird-pollinated plant species. For the Kalander Kloof site there were ten bird-pollinated plant species found and eight for the Salt River site. A comparison of the flowering data with bird presence data, indicated that nectar feeding birds were more likely to be present when accessible nectar availability is high. A total of 135 plant species across both sites were documented during the period of this study of which 14 were bird pollinated

Creating Interior atmosphere: Future Perspectives on Interior Design

Future Perspectives on Interior Design From film to interior design, considering mise-en-scène By consciously borrowing from cinematic theory and theatrical traditions of space this interdisciplinary approach to interior design seeks to re-evaluate interior decoration theoretically. ‘Mise-en-scène’ and ‘staged space’ helps to frame an approach that proffers an alternative reading of the discipline. An approach that looks to the past to proffer a future perspective and challenges the prevalence of more architectural readings of the interior Keywords: interdisciplinary, future perspectives, interior design, staged space, filmic space, atmosphere, mise-en-scèn

Creating Interior Atmosphere, Mise-en-scène and Interior design

This book aims to introduce a different way of thinking about and studying interior decoration that goes beyond the traditional scope of books devoted to this subject by introducing ‘mise-en-scène’ as a means for constructing interior atmosphere. Behind the colour palettes and trend forecasting interior decoration is a fascinating topic that requires the design student, designer or interested amateur to conjure readymade interiors out of thin air. These interiors, always strong on atmosphere are central to the study of interior design. This begs the question ‘what is atmosphere?’ How interior atmosphere is created and how space is perceived is central to this book. Inspiration is deliberately wide ranging and will explore the work of notable interior stylists, designers and architects. Case studies into inspirational film interiors, architectural and art installations are also included to extend current thinking around the design of the interior. The creation of interior atmosphere will be explored through the notion of the ’staged interior’ and mise-en-scène, a film and theatrical theory for understanding interior staging. This type of interior utilises decorative backdrops, interior props, light, special effects, shadow and colour to render certain atmospheric conditions. It combines the physical with the psychological to suggest a certain ‘reading’ of space; and in the process taints the interior with an emotional resonance. It aims to tell a ‘story’ through narrative whilst creating an immersive experience. The aim is to provide a framework for understanding and creating complex interior atmospheres

Algebraic vector bundles on spheres

We determine the first non-stable ${\mathbb A}^1$-homotopy sheaf of $SL_n$. Using techniques of obstruction theory involving the ${\mathbb A}^1$-Postnikov tower, supported by some ideas from the theory of unimodular rows, we classify vector bundles of rank $\geq d-1$ on split smooth affine quadrics of dimension $2d-1$. These computations allow us to answer a question posed by Nori, which gives a criterion for completability of certain unimodular rows. Furthermore, we study compatibility of our computations of ${\mathbb A}^1$-homotopy sheaves with real and complex realization.Comment: 35 pages; final version (before page proofs) to appear J. Top. Significantly reorganized and incorporates some material from http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.0770 (which will also soon be replaced

Axial magnetic anomalies over slow-spreading ridge segments: insights from numerical 3-D thermal and physical modelling

International audienceThe axial magnetic anomaly amplitude along Mid-Atlantic Ridge segments is systematically twice as high at segment ends compared with segment centres. Various processes have been proposed to account for such observations, either directly or indirectly related to the thermal structure of the segments: (1) shallower Curie isotherm at segment centres, (2) higher Fe-Ti content at segment ends, (3) serpentinized peridotites at segment ends or (4) a combination of these processes. In this paper the contribution of each of these processes to the axial magnetic anomaly amplitude is quantitatively evaluated by achieving a 3-D numerical modelling of the magnetization distribution and a magnetic anomaly over a medium-sized, 50 km long segment. The magnetization distribution depends on the thermal structure and thermal evolution of the lithosphere. The thermal structure is calculated considering the presence of a permanent hot zone beneath the segment centre. The 'best-fitting' thermal structure is determined by adjusting the parameters (shape, size, depth, etc.) of this hot zone, to fit the modelled geophysical outputs (Mantle Bouguer anomaly, maximum earthquake depths and crustal thickness) to the observations. Both the thermoremanent magnetization, acquired during the thermal evolution, and the induced magnetization, which depends on the present thermal structure, are modelled. The resulting magnetic anomalies are then computed and compared with the observed ones. This modelling exercise suggests that, in the case of aligned and slightly offset segments, a combination of higher Fe-Ti content and the presence of serpentinized peridotites at segment ends will produce the observed higher axial magnetic anomaly amplitudes over the segment ends. In the case of greater offsets, the presence of serpentinized peridotites at segment ends is sufficient to account for the observations

Graph products of spheres, associative graded algebras and Hilbert series

Given a finite, simple, vertex-weighted graph, we construct a graded associative (non-commutative) algebra, whose generators correspond to vertices and whose ideal of relations has generators that are graded commutators corresponding to edges. We show that the Hilbert series of this algebra is the inverse of the clique polynomial of the graph. Using this result it easy to recognize if the ideal is inert, from which strong results on the algebra follow. Non-commutative Grobner bases play an important role in our proof. There is an interesting application to toric topology. This algebra arises naturally from a partial product of spheres, which is a special case of a generalized moment-angle complex. We apply our result to the loop-space homology of this space.Comment: 19 pages, v3: elaborated on connections to related work, added more citations, to appear in Mathematische Zeitschrif