The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of game results on the assault, irritability, verbal hostility, and resentment sub-variables of the Buss-Durkee Hostility-Guilt Inventory for collegiate males participating in three types of intramural softball games. / A test instrument containing the four subscales was administered to 508 subjects participating in regular season games, 94 testees playing in post-season play-off games, and 72 players participating in championship play-off games. The difference in population figures reflect the ineligibility of many teams to participate in post-season play-off games and the fact that even fewer teams could qualify to participate in championship play-off games. The subjects were tested on the playing fields immediately before and after the games. The test instrument was a forced choice paper-and-pencil test and the testee was to circle the number of the test item if he felt that the item accurately described him at that particular moment. If the testee did not agree with the test item he was to leave it blank. Scores for the individual subscales were obtained by subtracting the number of incorrect answers from the number of test items in each subscale. Assault contained 10 items, irritability had 11, verbal hostility had 13, and resentment contained 8 items. The test instruments were hand-scored and the data was analyzed with a one-way analysis of variance utilizing a pooled source of variance estimated with a confidence level of .05. / The regular season post-game scores in assault and irritability were significantly higher than the pre-game scores. They also tended to increase following post-season play-off competition but these increases were not significant. All of the variables tended to decrease following post-season and championship play-off competition but the changes were not statistically significant. / Winning had a greater impact on the post-game scores of the subjects than competition. The assault post-game scores for the members of teams winning post-season play-off games were significantly lower than the scores of losing team members. Irritability was significantly lower for regular season game winners and verbal hostility scores were significantly lower for winners after post-season play-off and championship play-off games. Regular season post-game resentment scores for winners were significantly lower than the scores for losers. All of the variables tended to be lower for winners in the winning game categories but none of the differences were significant. / Within the geographical and physical limitations of this study it was concluded that: (A) the cathartic theory of competitive sports participation did receive consistent support; however, post-season play-off and championship play-off have a slightly more cathartic effect on participants than regular season participation; (B) winning had a positive effect on the form sub-variable of hostility; (C) assault and irritability were more subject to change during competition; (D) higher levels of the sub-variables of hostility utilized in this study were associated with the first game of the season; and (E) participation in competitive sports serves as an effective control factor for the expression of the variable tested in this study. Although certain levels of hostility sub-variables increased during competition no physical violence erupted during any of the games tested or in other games of the respective program. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-06, Section: A, page: 2555. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74501 |
| Contributors | BROWN, HORACE EVANS, JR., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 152 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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