COMPARISON OF AGGRESSIVENESS LEVEL IN YOUNG SWIMMERS WITH SEDENTERS

Abstract

Human aggression means different things to different people. Coercive behaviors are often used synonymously with aggressiveness in the sports world, political arena, and business community. This study aims to investigate whether there is a difference between aggression levels of swimmers and people who have a sedentary lifestyle. 141 young volunteers who all live in the city of Kahramanmaras participated in the study. Of them, 36 girls and 34 boys swimmers, and 34 girls and 37 boys don’t play sports. A 34-item Aggression Scale developed by Buss and Warren (2000) was used in the study to determine demographic information as well as levels of aggression. Results showed statistically significant difference between swimmers and sedentary's physical aggression, verbal aggression and hostile scores (p<0.05). The difference was not significant for anger and indirect aggression sub-dimensions (p> 0.05). The study has revealed that swimming sports reduce the level of aggression tendency. Also, it was determined that swimming reduces the level of aggression in young women and men.

Keywords

• aggression
• swimmers
• sport
• hostility
• athletes

GENÇ YÜZÜCÜLERDE SALDIRGANLIK DÜZEYİNİN SEDANTERLERLE KARŞILAŞTIRILMASI

Abstract

İnsan saldırganlığı farklı insanlar için farklı anlamlara gelir. Zorlayıcı davranışlar spor dünyasında, siyasi arenada ve iş dünyasında sıklıkla saldırganlıkla eş anlamlı olarak kullanılmaktadır. Bu çalışma, yüzücüler ile hareketsiz yaşam tarzına sahip kişilerin saldırganlık düzeyleri arasında bir fark olup olmadığını araştırmayı amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmaya tamamı Kahramanmaraş ilinde yaşayan 141 genç gönüllü katıldı. Bunlardan 36 kız ve 34 erkek yüzücülerden, 34 kız ve 37 erkek ise spor yapmayanlardan oluşmuştur. Araştırmada demografik bilgilerin yanı sıra saldırganlık düzeylerini belirlemek amacıyla Buss ve Warren (2000) tarafından geliştirilen 34 maddelik Saldırganlık Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Çalışma sonuçları yüzücüler ile sedanterlerin fiziksel saldırganlık, sözel saldırganlık ve düşmanca puanları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark olduğunu gösterdi (p<0,05). Öfke ve dolaylı saldırganlık alt boyutlarında ise fark anlamlı bulunmamıştır (p>0,05). Çalışmada yüzme sporunun saldırganlık eğilimi düzeyini azalttığı belirlendi. Ayrıca yüzmenin genç kadın ve erkeklerde saldırganlık düzeyini azalttığı belirlendi.

Keywords

• saldırganlık
• yüzücüler
• spor
• düşmanlık
• sporcular

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