Parent spectator behaviors present significant challenges within the youth sports environment. The role of parents in the youth sport experience is often overlooked, despite its documented importance to the family’s youth sports experience. In order to better understand parental spectator behavior, a family systems approach guided an intervention study conducted within the state of Louisiana after a new law passed in 2019 to address these concerns. Using an adapted measurement version of the background anger instrument, results documented the role of education in addressing these concerns. The study prompts further examination of behaviors, in light of disparities between parent observations and their own personal behaviors. Implications for future intervention research on spectator behaviors and social work practice in the youth sport setting are highlighted.

家长观众的行为在青少年体育环境中提出了重大挑战。父母在青少年体育体验中的作用经常被忽视，尽管它对家庭青少年体育体验的重要性有记载。为了更好地了解父母旁观者的行为，在 2019 年通过了一项新法律以解决这些问题后，家庭系统方法指导了在路易斯安那州进行的一项干预研究。使用背景愤怒工具的调整测量版本，结果记录了教育在解决这些问题中的作用。鉴于父母观察与他们自己的个人行为之间的差异，该研究促使对行为进行进一步检查。