EFFECT OF AGE AND GENDER ON PLANNING AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS FOR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE IN BENUE STATE, NIGERIA

Authors

  • Terkimbi Victor Ikpato
  • John Ityonande Ityodugh
  • Tavershima Kparev
  • Eunice Nguungwan Seer-Uke
  • Mary Agajah
  • Sarah Ngukuran Burbwa

Abstract

The coaching profession is constantly changing therefore, coaches at all levels of sport competition need to know more than just the fundamental elements in order to be successful. Specifically, the competencies in planning and conflict management skills can come in handy while physically and mentally training their athletes. This study investigated the effect of age and gender on planning and conflict resolution skills for professional practice in Benue State.

Materials and Methods: The research design that was adopted for this study was survey research design. The Population of the study consisted of all the coaches of Benue State Sports Council Makurdi. The sample comprised one hundred and sixty two (162) coaches of Benue State Sports Council who were purposively selected for the study. The questionnaire titled (EAGCPCRSPP) developed by the researcher was used for data collection in this study. The independent sample t-test was used to find out gender differences in planning and conflict resolution skills. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to analyse differences in coaches’ age in planning as well as their conflict resolution skills. All the analyses were conducted using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 23) at 0.05 level of significance.

Results: Male and female coaches in Benue State did not differ significantly in their mean ratings of their planning (p>0.05). Result indicated that, coaches of different age range did not differ significantly in their mean ratings of planning (p>0.05). The findings also indicated that there is no significant difference in the mean ratings of male and female coaches in Benue State on their conflict resolution skills (p>0.05). The findings also revealed that there was no significant difference in the mean ratings of coaches conflict resolution skills by age (p>0.05).

Conclusions: Further research however, is needed to ascertain other factors that might have an effect on planning and conflict resolution skills given their implications for sports development in Benue State.

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Published

2021-09-06