The Association between Violent Behavior, Academic Performance, and Physical Activity According to Gender in Scholars

Background: Aggressive behaviors have increased in a worrying way all over the world, and this has been one more reason to be able to investigate what happens in schools. Its presence has been increasing in recent decades and, therefore, this issue has been approached from different points of view o...

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Published in:Sustainability 2019-08, Vol.11 (15), p.4071
Main Authors: Ramírez-Granizo, Irwin Andrés, Zurita-Ortega, Félix, Ubago-Jiménez, José Luis, Sánchez-Zafra, María
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
Aggressive behavior
Aggressiveness
Behavior
Bullying
Collaboration
Confidentiality
Data collection
Demographic variables
Gender
Physical activity
Questionnaires
Schools
Victimization
Violence
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Summary:Background: Aggressive behaviors have increased in a worrying way all over the world, and this has been one more reason to be able to investigate what happens in schools. Its presence has been increasing in recent decades and, therefore, this issue has been approached from different points of view of society. The aim of this study was to analyze and establish the indices of aggressive behaviors and their possible association with gender, academic achievement, and the Physical Activity (PA) in schoolchildren aged 10–12 in Granada (Spain). Methods: Its design is descriptive and cross-sectional, the sample is 320 students, an ad-hoc questionnaire was used to establish socio-demographic variables, violent behavior (measured with the scale of violent behaviors), gender, academic performance, and PA. Results: The results showed that schoolchildren with higher levels of violent behaviors have been in the reactive and relational reactive manifest dimension, males are more assiduous to practice PA than females, and these were characterized by greater manifest and relational aggressiveness. However, they present higher average values in violent behaviors than they do if academic performance is taken into account. Conclusions: The main recommendation is the need to study, in greater depth, the active sports population in order to try to know the cause of these results.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su11154071