For the purpose of this assignment, our group chose to do research concerning violence in sports. I wanted to know whether violence in sports leads to aggressive behaviours in people. I found scholarly journal articles to help answer my question.
             "Spectator Enjoyment Of Aggression In Intercollegiate Hockey Games"
             The study wanted to find out whether the hockey players' aggression on the ice is directly related to the spectator enjoyment of the game in the crowd.
             The researchers had made a few predictions prior to commencing their study. They predicted that the male spectators would enjoy more acts of aggression than would the female spectators. They also imagined that the younger sports fan would like more aggressive acts in the game than the older spectators.
             To test their predictions they surveyed the spectators at the hockey games and used the actual game statistics. The researchers attended 16 intercollegiate hockey games at one Midwestern University. Thirty-two subjects per game were randomly selected to complete a short survey concerning their age, gender, and their interest in the game. In total 654 people (248 females and 376 males) ranging in age from 8-82yrs participated in the study. They used both non-aggressive indexes such as shots on goalie, team saves, and home and away scores, and aggressive indexes such as penalty minutes, and power plays to measure the level of spectator enjoyment.
             The study yielded surprising results. Contrary to their predictions, enjoyment of the games was directly related to the aggressiveness of the game for both men and women. Also, the researchers did not find any strong differences between younger to older spectators. They equally enjoyed aggressive acts in sports.
             "The Verbal Aggression Of Sport Spectators: A Comparison of Hostile and Instrumental Motives"
             This study set out to find the motives behind ve
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