Examining the relationship between secondary school students sportsmanship behavior and their aggression levels

Objective: This study is conducted to examine the relationship between secondary school students' sportsmanship behavior and their level of aggression. Materials and Methods: The study is conducted analytically and cross-sectionally with 231 female and 122 male students that actively studying in secondary education institutions affiliated to Çine District National Education Directorate in 2019-2020 academic year. The data are collected with the personal information form prepared by the researcher, the Aggression Inventory developed by Kiper (1984) and the physical education lesson sportsmanship behavior scale prepared by Koç, (2013). Descriptive statistics T test, One Way Anova and Tukey HDS is used to analyze the data. Results: Students who participated in the study, women (X = 4.08), a statistically significant extent than men (x = 3.69) was found to exhibit more sporting behavior (p = 0.00). The striking statistical difference between the students participating in the sports activities of the school (x̄ = 5.31) and the students who do not (x̄ = 5.02) is in the dimension of assertiveness (p = 0.10). As the grade level increased, students attitude to display sportsmanship decreased (p = 0.00), while a statistically significant increase was observed in aggression tendency (p = 0.12). Students who do sports without a license, according to the licensed ones (p = 0,10); Those with less sports years (1-3 years) showed more sportsmanship than those with a high level (7+ years). Conclusion: In this study, when students exhibit high sportsmanship behaviors in general, a decrease in their aggression levels was observed with an inverse relationship. Keywords: Sportsmanship, Aggression, Physical education and sports, High school