Article: Relational aggression and psychosocial adjustment in intercollegiate athletes.

Aggression among athletes has received increasing attention from the media, school administrators, and researchers over the past decade (Humphrey & Kahn, 2000; Kerr, 1999; Rowe, 1998; Tenenbaum, Stewart, Singer, & Duda, 1997). From such reports, important information has been generated regarding the types of aggressive acts engaged in both on and off the field (e.g., instrumental versus hostile), as well as the societal consequences of such behavior (e.g., team dismissal, suspension, negative public image, arrest, etc.). However, two limitations plague the extant literature. First, the majority of past research with athletes has defined aggression in terms of physical or ...

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