These findings are in contrast with previous suggestions that have called for the enhancement of task orientation with the concurrent suppression of ego orientation. Our results are, however, consonant with studies which have employed a goal profiles analysis in sport and in physical education, and with empirical evidence from real sport settings. Psychological aspects of political tolerance among adolescents. The measured variables were political tolerance, liking for several groups, political experience, cognitive moral reasoning, support for democratic norms, support for violent groups, identification with a group of friends, identification with a religious group, and identification with a soccer team. The main findings are that older and younger adolescents belong to different groups, with respect to tolerance, and something similar can be said about boys and girls.
Intolerant adolescents perceive themselves as anxious, insecure, solitary, and obstinate.
Significant positive correlations between age and political experience, rated support for democratic norms and ratings for identification with a group of friends were found. On the contrary, there were significant negative correlations between age and rated support for violent groups, identification with a religious group, and identification with a soccer team. A representative sample of 223 young soccer players aged 12-16 who were interviewed twice within a period of 16 months served as subjects. Additional results showed that perceived importance of soccer competence did neither mediate nor moderate soccer drop-out among players with low perceived soccer competence. Low perceived soccer competence, on the other hand, clearly mediated the relationship between low actual soccer competence and increased drop-out within the group of older players.