O Desenvolvimento Positivo e as Life Skills de Jovens estudantes por meio do esporte

Abstract

The article aims to analyze the perceptions of student-athletes about learning life skills through sport, including identify the goals and strategies used by teachers/coaches during practices. This study included 61 high school athletes (16.15±0.79) and six teachers/coaches of team´s finalists of Jogos Estudantis Cuiabanos in 2018. The instruments used: Life Skills Scale for Sport – LSSS and semi-structure interview about Positive Youth Development (PYD) through sport. To analysis quantitative data, the ANOVA of repeated measures and the student´s t test were used, and thematic analysis for qualitative data. When compared life skills dimensions, teamwork and goal setting presented higher levels (p<0.05). Teachers/coaches seek to promote life skills dimensions to prevent risk behaviors. According to their perceptions, whether students/athletes as well teachers/coaches, there are possible life skills transfer in sport context, specially teamwork and goal setting. This study indicates that teachers/coaches use sport to promote active citizenship of their students/athletes.