Citation

Bekiari A, Digelidis N, Sakelariou K. Percept. Mot. Skills 2006; 103(2): 526-530.

Affiliation

University of Thessaly, Greece.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17165417

Abstract

This study examined verbal aggressiveness of coaches as perceived by their athletes, 108 senior athletes (57 boys and 51 girls) ages 15-19 years. Participants were basketball players (56 athletes) and volleyball players (52 athletes) who completed questionnaires. The scale of verbal aggressiveness showed high internal consistency. A two-way analysis of variance, conducted using sex and sport as independent variables to examine interactions, yielded significant differences between adolescent volleyball and basketball athletes. Volleyball athletes had lower scores on the Verbal Aggressiveness Scale than basketball players. Research with larger samples and other sports is recommended.

Language: en