Competitive Martial Arts and Aggressiveness: A 2-yr. Longitudinal Study among Young Boys

This study is a follow-up study of Reynes and Lorant's studies assessing the effect of one year of judo and karate training on aggressiveness scores among young boys. The data reported here were obtained after a second year of practice, 14 judoka, 9 karateka, and 20 control participants who fil...

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Published in:Perceptual and motor skills 2004-02, Vol.98 (1), p.103-115
Main Authors: Reynes, Eric, Lorant, Jean
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggression
Aggressiveness
Boys
Child
Competition
Competitive Behavior
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Martial Arts
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:This study is a follow-up study of Reynes and Lorant's studies assessing the effect of one year of judo and karate training on aggressiveness scores among young boys. The data reported here were obtained after a second year of practice, 14 judoka, 9 karateka, and 20 control participants who filled out the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire three times, 1 year apart. At the first assessment, all participants, born the same year, were 8 yr. old and at the third they were 10 yr. old. Analysis indicated that after two years of practice, karate training seemed to have neither positive nor negative effects on aggressiveness scores, while judo training seemed to have a negative effect on anger scores. However, the results suggested the importance of kata or meditation in training sessions on self-control acquisition for such young boys.
ISSN:0031-5125
1558-688X
DOI:10.2466/pms.98.1.103-115