摘要:Background and Study Aim: We hypothesized: (H1) there is a significant difference between genders in the total score of trait aggression
and subscales (verbal, physical aggression, hostility and anger) in both groups (budo and control group), wherein
the boys exhibit significantly a higher score of trait aggression than girls; (H2) there is a significant difference
in the trait aggression total score and the sub-scales scores based on school type, wherein the vocational
school students would achieve the highest, whereas high school students the lowest values in both groups
(budo and control group); (H3) budo martial arts practitioners are characterized significantly lower trait aggression
(total scores) than their counterparts of the same age, and youngsters practicing martial arts also had
a significantly lower value for all aggression subclasses than their peers in the control group; (H4) the length
of sport practice, the number of workouts, and competitive variables of budo group have a significant correlation,
with trait aggression (the total score and the value of the sub-scales). The aim of this study is to verify
this hypothesis.
Materials and Methods: This study examined students between the ages of 14 and 18 (n = 1,488). There were 149 people in the budo
group who had been practicing for at least a year spending at least one and a half hours twice a week in martial
arts classes. The control group consisted of 1,339 students. The Buss-Perry Questionnaire (AQ) was used.
IBM SPSS Statistics 22.0. were used for statistical analysis. Results were considered as significant if p<0.05.
Results: In the control group, the score for trait aggression and the score for the physical sub-scale for the boys was
significantly higher than for the girls. However, in the verbal aggression category and the anger subcategory
there is a significant difference in favor of girls. In the martial arts group there was only a significant difference
in the physical aggression subscale score for males; but not in the total score and other sub-scales. There was
a significant difference in scores based on the type of schooling in the control group. In both groups, those in
vocational school had the highest trait-aggression score. Budo practitioners had a lower trait-aggression level;
their trait-aggression overall score and the sub-scale scores were also significantly lower than those of the
control group. However, competitors have significantly lower levels of hostility.
Conclusions: Negative prejudices against martial arts athletes practitioners to the effect that they would be more aggressive
than average were not proven in the investigation.