The comparison of responsibility levels of athlete and non-athlete students based on TPSR model

The purpose of this research was to compare responsibility levels of athlete and non-athlete students based on TPSR model. On the basis of Morgan table, As the sample of this study 357 students from all male and female students in 3rd grade of public middle schools in Rasht (n=6882), randomly participated in this research whose responsibility were studied based on opinions of 357 parents, 44 physical education teachers and 69 other lessons teachers’ viewpoints in home, physical education class and other classes. Research instrument was PSRQ (Standard Responsibility Questionnaire) by Right et al (2008). Content validity was confirmed by the 20 experts of sport management, psychology and education. The reliability of students’responsibility questionnaires were confirmed in home (α=0.72), physical education class (α=0.86) and other classes (α=0.90) by Cranach’s Alpha coefficient. Data analyzing by using U-Mann Whitney test and SPSS software in the significant level of P≤0.05 indicated that from parents, physical education teachers and other lessons teachers’ viewpoints, athlete students showed higher responsibility in all levels such as self- control, participation, self-direction, caring to others as well as personal and social responsibility in home, physical education class and other classes. Based on the opinions of all three groups, their responsibility level of athlete students was lower than non-athlete students in home, physical education class and other classes (P≤0.05).