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Comparison of aggressive behavior between men and women in sport

Perceptual and Motor Skills, ISSN: 0031-5125, Vol: 84, Issue: 1, Page: 139-145
1997
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  • 20
    Captures
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  • Citations
    22
    • Citation Indexes
      22
  • Captures
    20

Review Description

A group of 33 sportsmen and 43 sportswomen and a group of 488 subjects (less than 30 years old) selected from a sample of 816 subjects representative of the general Italian population were compared using the factor scores and total scores on the Italian version of the Buss and Durkee questionnaire. Analysis suggests a positive correlation between aggressiveness and sport and are compatible with the hypothesis that sporting activities serve as a means of controlling aggressiveness of women and help the individual psychosocial development of men. The decision to practice sports would seem to be connected with the needs to conform to cultural stereotypes, which portray the man as aggressive and the woman as gentle and submissive.

Bibliographic Details

Alessandro Lenzi; Ilaria Bianco; Vincenzo Milazzo; Gian Franco Placidi; Paolo Castrogiovanni; Daniela Becherini

SAGE Publications

Psychology; Neuroscience

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