THE PERCEPTION OF AGGRESSION IN SOCCER AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT UPON PERFORMANCE

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Davies, Max
Date
2013Publisher
Cardiff Metropolitan University
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The aims of the study were to provide an insight into the different factors that
drives an athlete to be aggressive and what effect they perceived this to have on
their performance. The study consisted of semi-structured interviews (n=6) with
Cardiff Metropolitan men’s football team (M age = 20.67, SD = ±0.516). The
qualitative analysis revealed that frustration was strongly associated with
aggression and furthermore linked with the frustration-aggression hypothesis
proposed by Dollard and his colleagues (1939). This is linked with one of the main
findings from the current study where the participants proposed that many different
factors made them frustrated including losing and when they were having a bad
game. It was furthermore indicated that aggression was a direct result of
frustration that occurs because of failure or goal obstruction. Another key finding
from the current study was the importance of routine; the participants stated that
variables such as poor travel arrangements and pre-match preparation disrupted
the usual routine, which furthermore had a negative effect on performance. Finally,
the present study supported the notion that aggression is a multivariate
phenomenon and affected by a variety of factors such as frustration,
environmental cues, and individual interpretation of the situation. However, the
correlation between aggression and performance was indistinct and future
research needs to address this to eliminate the ineffectiveness. Strengths and
limitations were reported and areas of future research were proposed that would
benefit any further studies on a similar topic.
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