Conductas agresivas y antideportivas en deporte de competición: Análisis de variables personales y ambientales relacionadas

Abstract

This paper gives an analysis of personal and environmental va- riables related to aggressive and unsportsmanlike behaviours in a sample of Spanish sports competitors. We aim to: 1) ascertain how personality and expression variables relate to trait anger control and unsportsmanlike beha- viors, in relation to men and women, age groups and type of sport; 2) iden- tify and analyze the most maladjusted and the most adjusted profiles in a sample of sportsmen and women; 3) identify personality variables as pre- dictors of aggressive and unsportsmanlike behaviours. Differences in gend- er, age and type of sport were appreciated in personality variables and in aggressive and unsportsmanlike behaviours. Men have better emotional ad- justment (more behaviours of emotional stability, better self-esteem, self- confidence and leadership), and have worse social adjustment (fewer beha- viours of tolerance, social skills and responsibility; more aggressive and un- sportsmanlike behaviours). Women have better social adjustment (more behaviours of tolerance, understanding, adaptation, responsibility, discip- line and sociability), and have worse emotional adjustment (greater anxiety). More aggressive and unsportsmanlike behaviours and greater emotional maladjustment were found in the youngest sportsmen and women. Aggres- sive and unsportsmanlike behaviours were more frequent in team sports. This study highlights personality variables as predictors of aggressive and unsportsmanlike behaviours.