Emotional Experiences of Youth Sport Parents I: Anger

Abstract

Although there is general agreement that some sideline behavior at youth sport events is problematic (Goldstein & Iso-Ahola, 2008 Goldstein, J. D. and Iso-Ahola, S. 2008. Determinants of parents’ sideline-rage emotions and behaviors at youth soccer games. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 38: 1442–1462. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]), the reasons why parent spectators sometimes act inappropriately are not well understood. Given that the most problematic behaviors appear to be motivated by anger (Omli & LaVoi, 2009 Omli, J. and LaVoi, N. M. 2009. Background anger in youth sport: A perfect storm?. Journal of Sport Behavior, 32: 242–260. [Google Scholar]), the purpose of this study is to identify sources of anger from the perspective of parents. Participants (n = 773, 59% female) described specific instances in which they got angry during a youth sport event. A grounded theory analysis yielded three types of perceived offenses—uncaring, unjust, and incompetent—and four categories of perceived offenders—referees, coaches, participants, and other parent spectators.

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