Anger in Adolescent Boy Athletes: a Comparison among Judo, Karate, Swimming and Non Athletes

Amir-Hossein Memari; Mohammad-Ali Mansournia; Homayoun Amini; Sara Lotfian; Vahid Ziaee

IJ Pediatrics

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Anger in Adolescent Boy Athletes: a Comparison among Judo, Karate, Swimming and Non Athletes

Author(s):

Amir-Hossein Memari¹,

Mohammad-Ali Mansournia¹,

Homayoun Amini²,

Sara Lotfian^1,*,

Vahid Ziaee³

1Sports Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2Department of Psychiatry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3Sports Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, & Department of Pediatrics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

IJ Pediatrics:Vol. 22, issue 1; 9-14

Published online:Mar 31, 2012

Article type:Research Article

Received:Jun 25, 2015

Accepted:Jul 25, 2011

How to Cite:Amir-Hossein MemariMohammad-Ali MansourniaHomayoun AminiSara LotfianVahid ZiaeeAnger in Adolescent Boy Athletes: a Comparison among Judo, Karate, Swimming and Non Athletes.Iran J Pediatr.22(1):9-14.

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Objective: Karate and judo are originally Japanese martial arts which may have different influences on adolescents’ behavior. This study was conducted to examine the total anger rate and its subscale-reactive anger, instrumental anger, and anger control-rates in young karateka and judoka.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in 11 to 19-year old boys. Adolescents included in the study were judoka (n=70), karateka (n=66), swimmers (n=59), and non athletes (n=96). One stage cluster sampling method was used to select judoka, karateka, and swimmers from sport clubs in Tehran. Students of governmental schools at the same area were chosen as the non-athletes group. The “Adolescent Anger Rating Scale” questionnaire was utilized to assess the anger rate.
Findings: The mean age of participants was 12.90(±2.06) years. The total anger rates were 45.40 (±5.61) in judoka, 41.53(±5.63) in karateka, 41.19(±5.33) in swimmers, and 45.44 (±8.58) in non athletes. In total anger scale karateka and swimmers had a significantly lower score compared to judoka and non athletes. In instrumental anger subscale the difference was significant just between karateka and non athletes. In reactive anger subscale judoka showed higher scores than swimmers. In anger control subscale the difference was significant between judoka and swimmers and also judoka and karateka. The difference of anger control between karateka and non athletes was significant.
Conclusion: The findings of this study propose a difference in the anger rate between judoka and karateka. In contrary to the results of previous studies, judo training may have no influence on anger control, while karate training could be beneficial.

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