Analyzing sport aggressive behaviors in Jordan from football trainers’, managers’ and players’ perceptions

Abstract

The objective of the study was to investigate football aggressive behaviors from trainers’, managers and players perceptions. A second objective was to investigate differences in hooligan behaviors in light of educational level, experience and marital status. The researchers used descriptive survey procedures to collect data from a sample consisting of (169) trainers’, managers and players selected from (12) football clubs representing (94%) of population of the study. The study used Allawi and Al Raiaan (2004) questionnaire to collect data. Results indicated: Emotional, sport aggression and sport knowledge were related with aggressive behaviors in football. No significant effect was found for educational level on sport aggression. A significant difference was found in sport aggression behaviors due to experience of trainers, managers and players.