Citation

Park S, Chiu W, Won D. PLoS One 2017; 12(4): e0174674.

Affiliation

School of Sport Studies, Leisure and Nutrition, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Public Library of Science)

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0174674

PMID

28410365

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the longitudinal influence of physical education classes, extracurricular sports activities, and leisure satisfaction on aggressive behavior among South Korean adolescents. Data were drawn from the Korea Youth Panel Survey. We used latent growth curve modeling to explain the growth trajectory of adolescent aggressive behaviors and a multi-group analysis to investigate gender differences in aggressive behavior. The results indicated that adolescents' aggressive behavior significantly changed with age. There were significant gender-based differences in the level of and changes in aggressive behavior over time. Both extracurricular sports activities and leisure satisfaction had significant influences on the changes in adolescents' aggressive behavior with age, whereas physical education classes did not.

Language: en