Condoning Aggressive Behaviour in Sport:A Comparison between Professional Handball Players, Amateur Players, and Lay People

The present study examined the cognitive processes by which persons who are differently involved in the practice of sport judge the extent to which an aggressive act performed by a player during a match in handball could be condoned. Thirty professional handball players, 35 amateur handball players, and 48 non-sporting individuals indicated this “condonability” in 48 scenarios. The scenarios were all combinations of 5 factors: (a) the consequences of the [...]

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