title: Attitudes toward violent conflict resolution among male and female karateka in comparison with practitioners of other sports.
abstract: Most modern martial arts are based upon a philosophy of nonviolence. Whether practitioners of karate indeed have more negative attitudes toward violent conflict resolution than wrestlers and boxers, noncontact sportsmen, and controls practising no sports was investigated (N = 319; 214 men, 105 women; M age = 24.1 yr.). Within sex, male karateka held relatively negative attitudes toward violent conflict resolution, whereas the opposite was noted for female karateka.
authors.affiliation: Abo Akademi University, Vasa, Finland. kaj.bjorkqvist@abo.fi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Björkqvist
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Varhama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001290:Attitude; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016139:Martial Arts / Q000523:psychology*; D013177:Sports; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*