Judo is both a martial art and a martial art. In general, martial arts are often characterized as sports that require high aggression. Serbian researchers, however, report that judo players are less aggressive than team sports athletes and tend to be humble and honest as personality traits. I will introduce the abstract of the paper.
Judo is a martial art and a martial art, and players are athletes and judokas.
Judo is a martial art that originated in Japan, was adopted as an official Olympic sport at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and is now a popular martial art with championships held around the world. In 2012, Japan made judo, kendo, or sumo a compulsory subject in schools. So far, the majority of junior high school students have chosen judo. On the other hand, team sports have long been adopted in school curriculums and have been positioned as important educational curricula for a long time. There are numerous reports that participation in team sports has a positive social-psychological effect.
Concerning martial arts, on the other hand, there are concerns that learning martial arts may induce aggression. In fact, there are reports that anti-social behavior is common among teenage boys learning martial arts. However, there are reports to the contrary, and it lacks consistency. In addition, Judo is a martial art, although it is a martial art, and since the aspect of character development is emphasized in the process of learning as a judoka, a judoka, it may act as a deterrent to aggression. can be considered.
Against this background, the authors of this paper compared the aggression and personality traits of judo players and team sports athletes.
Significant difference in 7 out of 16 evaluation indicators
The subjects of the study were 140 Serbian male athletes (mean age 19.26 years). 42.9% are judo players and 57.1% are team sports players (soccer 42.5%, handball 25.0%, water polo 32.5%). Eligible athletes must have been in each sport for at least five years, have trained at least five times a week, and have participated in competitions at the national level or higher in Serbia.
Aggressiveness was evaluated using a questionnaire consisting of 15 items whose reliability has been verified (Cronbach’s alpha is 0.970). Regarding personality traits, a method called the “HEXACO” model (Cronbach’s α is 0.756 ) was used for evaluation. In addition, self-efficacy and emotional expression were evaluated (Cronbach’s α was 0.770 to 0.914).
Both physical aggression and indirect aggression are low in judo players
Sixteen items related to aggression and personality traits were compared and examined using the aforementioned evaluation indices. Significant differences were observed in the following 7 items.
Physical manifest aggressiveness was lower for Judo athletes at 22.4333 and team athletes at 26.6500 (p=0.012). Indirect aggressiveness was 19.7167 points and 26.9625 points in the same order, again lower for judo players (p=0.000).
General self-efficacy was 35.2833 points and 33.2625 points, which was higher for judo players (p=0.004). Honesty-humility scored 37.0667 and 34.7250, which was higher for judoka (p=0.024).
On the other hand, emotionality scored 25.3000 and 27.82500, which was higher in team athletes (p=0.033). Team athletes also had higher extraversion (32.2333, 36.1625) (p=0.000). However, the score for openness to experience was 33.5833 and 29.8375, which was higher for judoka (p=0.000).
Although agreeableness did not reach a significant level, judo players scored 31.3000 points, while team athletes scored 36.1625 points, which tended to be higher for team athletes (p=0.053).
Results that dispel concerns about teaching judo in schools
The authors pointed out that the limitations of this study were that the sample size was not sufficient, that the study participants were only male athletes, that the success (performance) of athletes was not taken into account, and that successful athletes and He pointed out the need for further research, pointing out that the results may be different for other athletes, and that the indicators used for evaluation were not specialized for athletes. After that, he said, “There is no problem in thinking that the purpose of the research has been achieved.”
In conclusion, “The finding that judo athletes are not more aggressive than team sports athletes shatters concerns about martial arts. Similarly, it is possible to incorporate judo, or even support judo.” “This finding will not only help coaches and sports psychologists better understand aggressive behavior in athletes, but also help them prevent it more effectively,” he added.
Literature information
The original title is “Aggressiveness in Judokas and Team Athletes: Predictive Value of Personality Traits, Emotional Intelligence and Self-Efficacy”.[Front Psychol. 2022 Jan 10;12:824123]
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