The Study of birth order’s role on the level of aggressive behavior among the athletes of team and the individual sports

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The Study of aggression in sports and among athletes is a subject of most researches in the field of sport management in recent decades. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of birth order on the level of aggressive behavior among athletes. A descriptive study of the population consisted of all students participating in the tournament institutions in the country since 1389 (535 cases),in cluded 327, the method Was randomly selection and divided into four groups first, second, third, fourth and onwards child) groups. Standardized questionnaire Buss and Perry (1992), the validity (experts opinion) and its reliability was confirmed (Cronbach's alpha r= 0/89). Way ANOVA was used to test the hypotheses. Results showed that the level of verbal aggression between birth order, there is significant difference in individual sports (p< 0/017) and Scheffe test indicated significant differences between the first and third child (P <0/028) but no significant difference in the level of aggression between different Birthdays of group or team sports (p> 0/05). In general we can say that birth order has a significant relationship with the level of aggression in the individual disciplines.

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  • Receive Date: 03 January 2014
  • Revise Date: 06 July 2015
  • Accept Date: 06 October 2014

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