How Years of Sport Training Influence the Level of Moral Competences of Physical Education and Sport Students

Table 1

Differences between genders (PE and sport students together) in examined prosocial variables (mean ± SD) within the levels of moral competences.

	Pre-service PE and Sport students
	Low moral competences		p value	Medium moral competences		p value	High moral competences		p value
Variables	Male	Female		Male	Female		Male	Female
	n = 87	n = 55		n = 19	n = 19		n = 13	n = 10
Pro-social factors
Religion	2.8±1.73	2.8±1.58	0.90	2.4±1.89	3.0±0.94	0.16	3.6±1.19	1.4±1.42	0.01
School edu.	2.6±1.19	2.8±1.21	0.44	2.0±1.31	3.0±1.05	0.05	2.6±1.38	2.2±1.39	0.42
Parents	3.9±1.10	4.0±0.90	0.75	3.4±1.30	3.9±1.17	0.12	4.2±0.83	3.2±1.22	0.04
PE teacher	2.3±1.31	2.1±1.13	0.20	2.0±1.41	2.9±1.12	0.03	1.7±1.30	1.8±1.61	0.89
Sport coach	3.5±1.22	3.1±1.24	0.03	3.5±1.30	3.4±0.83	0.57	3.5±1.26	2.5±0.84	0.03
Peers	2.8±1.22	2.8±1.14	0.93	2.7±1.28	3.4±1.01	0.03	2.7±1.37	2.1±0.73	0.19
Media	1.9±1.26	2.0±1.06	0.59	1.5±1.12	2.4±1.30	0.03	1.5±0.96	1.6±1.34	0.94
Studies	2.6±1.17	2.8±1.06	0.55	2.5±1.12	3.4±0.84	0.01	2.1±1.34	2.7±1.25	0.26
Judgement	2.2±0.27	2.5±0.22	0.01	2.4±0.20	2.4±0.24	0.39	2.5±0.19	2.7±0.20	0.05
Reasoning	3.6±0.62	3.7±0.49	0.35	3.7±0.58	3.9±0.41	0.20	3.6±0.69	3.9±0.79	0.31
Intention	2.4±0.22	2.4±0.23	0.30	2.4±0.24	2.4±0.23	0.97	2.3±0.44	2.5±0.30	0.20
C-index	8.6±5.06	8.7±4.93	0.86	24.1±3.06	24.5±3.09	0.54	37.2±6.98	39.0±6.19	0.43