The preferences of social interaction in the basketball socio-sport schools of the real Madrid foundation

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze the social interaction preferences of boys and girls at the Real Madrid Foundation’s Socio-Sports Basketball Schools. The sample consisted of 413 players, 68% (n=281) boys and 32% (n=132) girls. The distribution by category was 31. 2% in the Benjamin category (n=129), 36. 1% in the alevin category (n=149), 25. 2% in the infants’ category (n=104) and 7. 5% in the youths’ category (n=31). The instrument used was the Graupera/Ruiz Scale of Social Interaction Preferences (GR-SIPPEL), which explores four dimensions of learning preference: Cooperation, competence, affiliation and individualism. Non-parametric tests (Mann-Whitney U-test and Kruskal-Wallis) were used for statistical analysis, the size of the effect was calculated, and Spearman’s correlation coefficient was used to determine if there were associations between the different dimensions. The results showed that the Real Madrid Foundation’s Sports-Educational Project contributes to the fact that there are no marked differences according to gender. In addition, boys and girls were more inclined towards cooperative attitudes than competitive ones. On the other hand, differences were detected between the categories of minibasket and the categories of basketball.