Mapping handball players’ reactions to aggression during a sporting event
Résumé
During sporting events, players’ reactions to opponents’ aggression vary in widely different
ways. Some players are able to exert strong self-control. Other players immediately react to
the first aggressive act. Still other players adopt middle-ground behaviors. We examined
whether it was possible to find empirical support for these qualitatively different ways to react
to aggression. Handball playing was chosen because it involves a lot of physical/social
interactions. Fifty amateur players were presented with a set of scenarios containing
information about: the number and kind of previous aggressive acts that have affected the
player, the current team’s score, the coach’s attitude to aggressive behavior among players,
and the risk of being sanctioned in case of retaliation. They were asked to rate, separately, the
level of anger they would experience in each case and the probability that they retaliate.
Through cluster analysis, three qualitatively different ways to react to aggressive behavior
during sport events were found; they were called Self-Control (44%), Depending on
Circumstances (30%) and High Reactivity (14%). Implications for coaches and referees are
discussed.
Mapeando las reacciones de agresión de los jugadores de balonmano durante un evento deportivo
Domaines
Psychologie
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