Citation

Aoki K, Matsumoto K. Bull. Fac. Soc.l Welf. Yamaguchi Prefect. Univ. 2006; 12: 1-15.

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(Copyright © 2006, Yamaguchi Prefectural University)

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Abstract

The present study was conducted to examine aggression and related factors in high school athletes. The data was obtained through questionnaires distributed to 2,434 (1,302 males, 1,132 females) high school students. ANOVA and multiple indicator multiple model using Covariance Structure Analysis were applied to the data. Main findings were as follows: 1) ANOVA showed that male high school students had significantly higher scores for "Hostility" "Indirect Aggression" "Displacement of Aggression" "Physical Violence" than female high school students. Female high school students had significantly higher scores for "Irritability" than male high school students. The high school athletes and high school students attending no clubs had significantly higher score for Displacement of Aggression than high school students participating in culture-oriented clubs. 2) The male high school athletes had significantly higher scores for "Retaliative-Physical Aggression" "Fighting Spirit" "Emotional Aggression" than female high school athletes. 3) Between 6 factors of aggression in daily life (Hostility, Indirect Aggression, Verbal Aggression, Displacement of Aggression, Irritability, Physical Violence) and 3 factors of athletic aggression (Retaliative-Physical Aggression, Fighting Spirit, Emotional Aggression), there were low to moderate significant correlations except "Hostility and Fighting Spirit" for males, "Hostility and Fighting Spirit" and "Irritability and Fighting Spirit" for females. 4) As the result of Covariance Structure Analysis conducted to examine factors related to athletic aggression in high school athletes, "Adjustment to athletic clubs" "Attitudes/consciousness towards athletic sports" "Aggression in daily life" were significantly related to "Athletic aggression". Judging from each standardized causal coefficient of factors, higher adjustment to athletic clubs, higher attitudes/consciousness towards athletic sports, and higher aggression in daily life respectively was proved to enhance athletic aggression in high school athletes.