Год выпуска: 2014
Автор: Wayne L. Davis
Издательство: Scholars' Press
Страниц: 228
ISBN: 9783639666816
Описание The purpose of this study was to quantitatively examine if there is a significant relationship among youth contact sport participation, childhood religiosity, and aggressive behaviors later in life for African American females. According to Akers’ social learning theory, behaviors are reinforced over time according to the intensity, duration, and frequency of social learning experiences; however, deviant and conforming behaviors are simultaneously learned and modified through the same cognitive and behavioral mechanisms. Furthermore, childhood religiosity, another social learning experience, may tip the scale on what behaviors are learned in contact sports. Therefore, data were collected on a non-random and purposive sample. Subsequently, multiple regression analysis was employed to assess the relationships among the variables. The study’s findings indicated that childhood religiosity and sport participation did not simultaneously and uniquely predict total, physical, or verbal... |
