ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the socialization model developed by Kenyon and McPherson (1973) to determine the degree of socialization of minor league hockey coaches. A questionnaire was administered to 333 current coaches and 175 former coaches from the Quebec City area. Results showed that the coaches' perception of their competence, the degree of watching professional hockey as a spectator, the material factors, and the influence of the peer group were positively associated with their degree of socialization; however, the influence of their own children on the decision to be a coach was negatively associated with their degree of socialization. Results also show that less than 30% of the variance was explained by the model. Different research strategies are suggested in order to better investigate the phenomenon.
Subject(s)
Attitude , Hockey , Socialization , Family , Hockey/education , Hockey/psychology , Humans , Interpersonal Relations , Parent-Child Relations , Personality , Quebec , Regression Analysis , Self ConceptABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to outline a demographic profile of Quebec minor hockey coaches and (b) to identify their motives of involvement and resignation. A questionnaire was completed by 333 current coaches and by 175 former coaches from the Quebec City area. Results showed that these volunteers are very similar on all counts. They are fathers of at least one boy who is a hockey player, and they come from all socio-economic strata. They are former hockey players and are well aware of the activities of the professional teams. They perceive themselves as being competent coaches and are satisfied with their results. They highly value hockey as a means of education and perceive their own role of volunteer as being an unselfish one geared toward youth education. On the other hand, they perceive the other volunteers' involvement as being self-interested and mainly due to the child's primary participation.
