The Effect of Athletic Identity on Social  Behavior and Aggression in School  Basketball Games

Kazilas  Haralabos; Athanailidis Ioannis; Proios Miltiadis; Laios Athanasios; Bebetsos Evaggelos

Volume : III, Issue : I, January - 2014

The Effect of Athletic Identity on Social Behavior and Aggression in School Basketball Games

Kazilas Haralabos, Athanailidis Ioannis, Proios Miltiadis, Laios Athanasios, Bebetsos Evaggelos

Abstract :

The present study examined the effect of athletic identity on social behavior and aggression during school basketball games as well as whether it could be considered as a prediction indicator for such behaviors. A total of 156 students (86 boys and 70 girls) participated at the study during a school basketball tournament at the premises of Anatolia College. A questionnaire was used to measure athletic identity, pro-social and antisocial behavior and aggressiveness and anger. Statistical analysis was done with SPSS 17. The following statistical analyses were used for results: Student t-test for differences among sexes, mediation analysis for examining the effect of identity on social behavior and aggression and correlation analysis for the effect of identity on antisocial behavior. For the rest of the criteria multiple regression analysis was used. Findings showed that the identity affects antisocial and aggressive behaviors and that it can be considered as a predictive indicator of such behaviors. The study showed significant differences among the two sexes regarding identity, antisocial behavior and aggression with boys showing higher scores than girls.