Abstract

BLASCO, Mónica  and  ORGILES, Mireia. Aggression in under 18 soccer players: differences in by sex and age and compared to basketball players. CPD [online]. 2014, vol.14, n.2, pp.21-26. ISSN 1989-5879.

Despite its frequency, there are few studies examining the child and adolescent aggressive behavior in relation to sport. The aim of this pilot study is to analyze the differences in aggressive behavior in under 18 soccer players according to sex and age, and compared to basketball players. Participants 316 children aged between 7 and 17 years. Was administered at the end of one of the games, the Physical Aggression Scale and Verbal ( AFV, Caprara and Pastorelli, 1993 ) and a sociodemographic questionnaire. Significant differences (p < .05) by sex in soccer practice, so is found that women showed more physical aggression than men. Regarding age, the under 13 and 17 both football players and basketball showed more verbal aggression than children 7 to 12 years (p < .05, p < .01 respectively). The results indicate that there are no differences in aggression displayed between the players of both sports. The findings of the study are discussed, which provides a new point of view of aggression in children and adolescents.

Keywords : behavior; aggressive; children; football; basketball.

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