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- Title
Child aggressiveness: comparison between swimming practitioners and non-practitioners.
- Authors
Oliveira Silva, Lívia; Librelon Costa, Brunna; Ferreira Freitas, Ronilson; Souza Santos, Gustavo; Chaves Pereira Reis, Vivianne Margareth; Araújo Passos, Betânia Maria; Brant Rocha, Josiane Santos
- Abstract
Introduction: Childhood aggression is a behavioral trait that should be investigated; it is alarming not only for the damage to the victim of aggression, but also the negative consequences from the act of being an aggressor in childhood. Objective: To compare the aggressiveness of children enrolled and not enrolled in a project of swimming. Methods: This is a qualitative and quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional research, whose evaluation instrument was Aggressiveness Scale Sisto and Bazi. The sample, selected by convenience, was composed of 200 students from public schools in Montes Claros (MG) of both sexes, with a mean age of 9.78. Results: The results indicated that children nonpractitioners of swimming showed higher severity of aggressiveness in school and family environments than those who were practitioners. Conclusion: The sport of swimming is associated with low levels of aggressiveness in low-income children.
- Publication
ConScientiae Saúde, 2015, Vol 14, Issue 1, p40
- ISSN
1677-1028
- Publication type
Journal Article