The Swedish Journal of Scientific Research Original Article
The Importance of Recreational Sport Activity in Reducing Aggressive Behaviors for Secondary Education Students Silarbi Charef1, Benguenab Hadj2 Institute of Sciences & Technologies of Physical and Sport Activities, University Center of Tissemsilt Province, Algeria, Institute of Physical and Sport Education, University of Abdelhamid Ibn Badis, Mostganem Province, Algeria.
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ABSTRACT This study aims to define the role that may be played by recreational sport activity inside educational institutes in reducing aggressive behavior for secondary stage students through proposing a recreational educational program for 12 weeks. In this context, the researcher used references and researches in the field of sport recreation in addition to interviews with experts and specialists to enrich the proposed educational program. The researcher depended on the empirical method using the aggressive behavior scale prepared by Allawi and applied it on two stages (pre- and post-tests) on two samples of the study: Empirical and control groups representing both divisions of the second empirical sciences 1 and 2 including 62 students (17 females and 14 males for the single group). They were selected as a simple random sample being the most aggressive after obtaining high levels in practicing aggressive behavior in the exploratory study. To ensure hypotheses of the study, the researcher used appropriate statistical methods. Among the most significant results is that the proposed recreational program had a positive effect on reducing aggressive behavior for secondary education students. Thus, the researcher recommends that all actors in the educational sector have to consider recreational sport activities inside educational institutions and not only use sport but also physical education lessons. These activities became successful means more than being a waste of time and enjoying free time. They give individuals in particular and teenagers in particular experiences that help them enjoy life and get rid of frustration and inferiority complex. They also help them develop self-confidence and self-dependence that make an individual or a teenager gets out of his isolation and incorporated well in society, and therefore, is away from each violent unethical behaviors. Keywords: Recreational sport activity, aggressive behavior, adolescence, secondary education
INTRODUCTION The aggressive behavior is being studied today in academic literature with its various specializations Access this article online Website: http://sjsr.se/ ISSN: 2001-9211
or disciplines; sociology, psychology, educational psychology, and other disciplines. It forms a basis for many of contemporary studies due to its resulting damages and losses that affect individual’s safety, social life safety, and its general order. The issue of aggressive behavior increased as a development to have various types and forms in all fields inside society starting from street and until the family to reach school setting which, in turn, have high rates of occurrence. Thus, it became necessary to consider the issue of aggressive behavior by conducting studies and researches that focus on the nature and forms of this behavior in educational institutions that witness an increase in
Address for correspondence: Silarbi Charef, Institute of Sciences & Technologies of Physical and Sport Activities, University Center of Tissemsilt Province, Algeria. E-mail: silarbic@yahoo.fr
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