Citation

Björkqvist K, Varhama L. Percept. Mot. Skills 2001; 92(2): 586-588.

Affiliation

Abo Akademi University, Vasa, Finland. kaj.bjorkqvist@abo.fi

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11361325

Abstract

Most modern martial arts are based upon a philosophy of nonviolence. Whether practitioners of karate indeed have more negative attitudes toward violent conflict resolution than wrestlers and boxers, noncontact sportsmen, and controls practising no sports was investigated (N = 319; 214 men, 105 women; M age = 24.1 yr.). Within sex, male karateka held relatively negative attitudes toward violent conflict resolution, whereas the opposite was noted for female karateka.

Language: en