PERSONALITY TRAITS IN MARTIAL ARTISTS: A DESCRIPTIVE APPROACH
- 1 April 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 50 (2) , 395-401
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1980.50.2.395
Abstract
Item analysis was used for descriptive purposes and applied to responses to the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory used in 1 of them. This yielded suspicion as an active factor for 152 karate students. Groups at intermediate ranks showed a greater variety of hostile modes of expression than either beginner or advanced groups. Assault items were not popular in the group as a whole. Evidence supports both cathartic and circular theories of aggression. Internal validity of scales was determined. The implications of the findings are discussed and the possible contributing influence of physical activity, meditation and self-defense are considered.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Selected Personality Traits of Martial Artists as Measured by the Adjective ChecklistPerceptual and Motor Skills, 1978
- An inventory for assessing different kinds of hostility.Journal of Consulting Psychology, 1957