Violence, Responsibility, Friendship and Basic Psychological Needs: Effects of a Sport Education and Teaching for Personal and Social Responsibility Program

The goal of the present study was to empirically assess the effects of an intervention based on a hybrid pedagogical model (Sport Education+Teaching for Personal and Social Responsibility) on adolescents' attitudes towards violence, responsibility, friendship goals and basic psychological needs, compared with a traditional teaching approach. 143 secondary education students agreed to participate, 1417 years, 78 experimental and 65 control. A pretest-posttest repeated measures design with a control group was used. Prior and after the program (16 sessions) four assessment instruments were used: Attitudes towards Violence Scale, Friendship Goals Questionnaire, Personal and Social Responsibility Questionnaire and Social Basic Psychological Needs Scale. Posttests MANCOVAs revealed that the intervention program (SE+TPRS) produced a significant improvement in the participants' attitudes towards violence, social responsibility, competence and relatedness. Results show the goodness of using innovative pedagogical approaches.