violence in sports
For the purpose of this assignment our group chose to do research concerning violence in sports. I wanted to know whether violence in sports lead to aggressive behaviours in people. I found scholarly journal articles to help answer my question. "Spectator Enjoyment Of Aggression In Intercollegiate Hockey Games" The study wanted to find out whether the hockey players aggression on the ice is directly related to the spectator enjoyment of the game in the crowd.The researchers had made a few predictions prior to commencing their study. They predicted that the male spectators would enjoy more acts of aggression than would the female spectators. They had also imagined that the younger sport fan would like more aggressive acts in the game than would the older spectators. To test their predictions they surveyed the spectators at the hockey games and used the actual game statistics. The researchers attended 16 intercollegiate hockey games at one Midwestern University. Thirty-two subjects per game were randomly selected to complete a short survey concerning their age, gender, and their interest in the game. In total 654 people (248 females and 376 males) ranging in age fro
They predicted that spectators who viewed an aggressive sport would report higher levels of aggression than those who viewed a less aggressive sport. International Sports Journal:"The Verbal Aggression Of Sport Spectators: A Comparison of Hostile and Instrumental Motives"This study set out to find the motives behind verbal aggressions in sport spectators. The goal is to harm another person. The study compared the rates of reported sexual assaults for varsity athletes with the rest of the male student population. The researchers went to six intercollegiate basketball games and 2 intercollegiate hockey games. Journal of Sport and Social Issues: "Male Student-Athletes Reported For Sexual Assault: A Survey of Campus Police Departments and Judicial Affairs Offices" The researchers set out to see if there was a substantial link between sexual assault reports made on campus and athletic affiliation. There are connections between the culture of sport and violence against women. Bibliography References : DeNeui, D. They used both non-aggressive indexes such as shots on goalie, team saves, and home and away scores, and aggressive indexes such as penalty minutes, and power plays to measure the level of spectator enjoyment. This study resulted in favourable conclusions for the researchers. It is hard to conclude with absolute certainty whether or not violence in sports leads people to act in aggressive manners.
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