The objective of this study is to examine the aggression levels of high school students who do and who do not do sports and to examine the effects of sport on aggression levels. In this study, survey method was used to measure the aggression levels. Aggression inventory, which was developed by Kiper and which had 30 items, was used to measure aggression. 78 male students studying in a high school of Samsun were included in the study. 43 of these students were licensed athletes, while 35 did not do sports. As for statistical methods, descriptive statistics and independent t test were used, following normality tests. The data obtained were recorded in SPSS 20 program and significance level was accepted as p<0.05. When the destructive aggression, passive aggression and assertiveness levels of volleyball players and wrestlers were compared, no statistically significant difference was found (p>0.05). When athlete and non-athletes groups were compared, statistically significant difference was found (p<0.05). As a result, significant differences were found in destructive aggression, passive aggression and assertiveness of athletes when compared with non-athletes.

Summary The various manifesting forms of violence fall into the group of acute problems of contemporary Serbian society. There are multiple reasons for this, which are the consequence of a multi-decade post-socialist transformation, complicated by the pauperization of society, as well as by intense globalization processes. Peer violence is one of the negative features of everyday life and lifestyle of children and youth. Having this in mind, the authors have identified some manifesting forms of peer violence in children and youth sports on the territory of the city of Novi Sad. It concerns the results of the analysis of secondary material (more specifically - legal acts and strategies) which deal with the issue of peer violence in sports. Furthermore, the authors have identified the manifesting forms and intensity of peer violence in children and youth sports through conducting focus-group interviews with coaches and parents of children aged 6 to 16. In addition to peer violence, th...

The aim of this study is investigation of secondary school students’ attitudes toward violence with physical education lessons’ sportspersonship behaviours according to certain independent variables. A total of 209 (age= 12.18 ± 1.06) students, 108 females and 101 males, participated in the research. The data analysis included descriptive statistics, T-test, Pearson moments multiplication correlation analysis, and one-factor variance analysis (ANOVA). In the study analyses show that secondary school sportspersonship levels are high and they are not participate to attitudes toward violence. There is avoidant, low level, meaningful relation between avoiding negative behaviours and attitudes toward violence. In addition, students exhibiting Sportspersonship behaviours were found to be higher than students who played in the school team, and students who did not participate in the sport were more likely to avoid Sportspersonship than students who were not active in the competition. As a ...

This work investigated the causes and effects of sport violence among selected secondary schools in Bo city, Southern Province, Sierra Leone. It examined the various variables that are required to reduce the occurrence of violent behavior in senior secondary school sports. The work further sounded the independent opinion of student athletes, teachers, supporters, administrators, and stakeholders on how effectively this social problem can be managed and minimized. The relevant data required for the study were collected from the population comprising principals of senior secondary schools, teachers of physical Health education department, teachers of the games committee, parents and guardians of students from the selected secondary schools. The methodology employed was a descriptive case of study using well designed questionnaires, personal observation and interviews. The data collected were analyzed through the use of semi-statistical computations and percentages. The investigation revealed that the lack of knowledge of the rules of engagement by teachers, administrators, athletes of the schools, supporters within the schools has culminated to violent behavior. The inadequate means of information dissemination of group rules, the lack of appropriate facilities are all contributing factors to this problem. The absence of punishment code for defaulters and violators of the rules and laws of competition in addition to the use of performance enhancing drugs by athletes, coaches and team supporters are contributing factors to the problem of sport violence. Subsequently, Sport officials, students athletes, officials, teachers are victimized while equipment and facilities are vandalized. Most often, this awkward scenario results into the use of abusive languages on supporters, athletes and school teachers most common. The use of dangerous missiles with intent of destroying human life and property especially expensive equipment are common results of riotous conduct when most competitions are held. The involvement of stakeholders such as teachers, referees, coaches, administrators and parents who are sport lovers, the effective methods of information sharing and networking by all those concerned. The efficient enforcement of rules by sport administrators were recommended as suitable solutions to minimize violence in senior secondary school sport.

In the recent years the problem of the aggression in the school-aged children has become more pressing and relevant. The effective intervention of this behaviour requires a thorough knowledge of the frequency and manifestation of the school aggression and of the reasons thereof. The statistical study included 1,743 pupils from VII to XII grade from 16 schools in the city of Varna, whose behaviour was followed within a period of four years through a survey conducted by using comprehensive methodology. 62.46% of the boys and 33.33% of the girls from XI and XII grade, 70.15% of the boys and 29.85% of the girls from X grade and 56.06% of the boys and 43.81% of the girls from VII and VIII grade demonstrated physical aggression. Over 80% of all pupils think that their preparation for school is associated with stress and fatigue. This factor should be taken into account in the preparation of prevention programme. Along with the conventional interventions innovative sports activities need t...

This study aims to define the role that may be played by recreational sport activity inside educational institutes in reducing aggressive behavior for secondary stage students through proposing a recreational educational program for 12 weeks. In this context, the researcher used references and researches in the field of sport recreation in addition to interviews with experts and specialists to enrich the proposed educational program. The researcher depended on the empirical method using the aggressive behavior scale prepared by Allawi and applied it on two stages (pre- and post-tests) on two samples of the study: Empirical and control groups representing both divisions of the second empirical sciences 1 and 2 including 62 students (17 females and 14 males for the single group). They were selected as a simple random sample being the most aggressive after obtaining high levels in practicing aggressive behavior in the exploratory study. To ensure hypotheses of the study, the researcher used appropriate statistical methods. Among the most significant results is that the proposed recreational program had a positive effect on reducing aggressive behavior for secondary education students. Thus, the researcher recommends that all actors in the educational sector have to consider recreational sport activities inside educational institutions and not only use sport but also physical education lessons. These activities became successful means more than being a waste of time and enjoying free time. They give individuals in particular and teenagers in particular experiences that help them enjoy life and get rid of frustration and inferiority complex. They also help them develop self-confidence and self-dependence that make an individual or a teenager gets out of his isolation and incorporated well in society, and therefore, is away from each violent unethical behaviors.

The research is aimed at finding out aggressive states of athletes student participating in the inter-high school competitions and to determine the relationship between sport and aggressiveness in many aspects as well. The data comprises 490 student athletes from 26 high schools participating in the inter high school competitions in the academic year 2013-2014 in Rize. The random cluster sampling method was used. Personal Information Form (PIF) developed by the researcher and Aggressiveness Inventory (AT) developed by Ipek Ilter (Kiper) were used as data collection tools. Regarding the distribution of data, primary normality test (Kolmogorow-Smirnov D test) was applied. Distribution of the student athletes and their percentages were determined through descriptive statistics. In comparing aggressiveness states according to variables such as gender, type of school and sport of student athletes, Independent Sample t test was applied at α=0.05 significance level. In comparing aggressiveness states according to age variable (4 groups), One Way ANOVA was applied at α=0.05 significance level. Tukey HSD, a second-level test, was used for differences between groups found significant. Microsoft Excel 2003 was used to input data into the computer and to draw graph; SPSS 20.0 was used to analyse data. As a result of the analysises, according to variables such as age, gender, type of school and sport of student athletes, significant differences were detected at all sub-dimension aggressiveness scores except assertiveness.

The aim of this study was to examine the aggressiveness levels of the individuals who are in different sports branches and who define themselves as spectators of those sports according to different parameters. Research group of the study is composed of 696 people who live in Ankara and define themselves as spectators of a sports branch. The aggression scale developed by Buss and Perry (1992) was used in the research. The scale is a 5-point Likert-type scale consisting of 29 items. The normal distribution of the data was examined by Skewness (.417) and Kurtosis (.576) tests and normal distribution of the data was determined. In this context, in the analysis of the data, the independent t-test and One Way Anova test were used as parametric tests. Also, the reliability of the data was determined by Cronbach Alpha internal consistency .822. As a result, a rate of aggression of sports spectators has been found in the middle and higher levels. The highest level of aggression sports spectators were found in combat sports and football branches. In addition, the aggressiveness levels of male spectators are higher than those of female spectators. Also, the highest level Sub-Dimension of sports spectators were found in physical aggression Sub-Dimension.