Effect of Motor Limitations on the Expression of Aggressiveness among Adolescents

This study examined how motor limitations in terms of reduced possibilities to move influence aggression, starting from the fact that motor skills and movement have an important place in the expression of aggression, as well as the tendency of adolescents to “body language”. Adolescent with motor de...

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Main Authors: Mara Tripković, Valentina Matijević, Hrvoje Marković, Nela Ercegović
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sestre Milosrdnice University hospital, Institute of Clinical Medical Research 2015-01-01
Series:Acta Clinica Croatica
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Online Access:http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/208871
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author Mara Tripković
Valentina Matijević
Hrvoje Marković
Nela Ercegović
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description This study examined how motor limitations in terms of reduced possibilities to move influence aggression, starting from the fact that motor skills and movement have an important place in the expression of aggression, as well as the tendency of adolescents to “body language”. Adolescent with motor deficit is hindered in gaining experience of one’s own body, which is reflected in the formation of complete experience of himself, or constitution of the self. In many of the functions of motor skills and movement aggression has a significant place that we wanted to determine without deeper analysis of whether the origin of aggression is instinctive or it is always just the result of frustration. The sample on which testing was performed consisted of 100 randomly selected subjects of both genders aged 16-18 years. Fifty subjects had motor limitations due to illness or injury, and another fifty subjects had intact motor functions. The study used three instruments: 1) A-87 questionnaire for aggressiveness examination; 2) structured interview; and 3) protocol for observation under natural conditions. Results of the analysis of data obtained in total score, as well as in all five subscales of the A-87 questionnaire for aggressiveness examination showed that the two groups were not significantly different. The results obtained by structured interview showed the adolescents with motor limitations to demonstrate greater verbal aggressiveness, then latent physical aggressiveness. A statistically significant between-group difference was obtained on the factor of self-destructiveness, which implies that adolescents with motor limitations are somewhat more self-destructive compared to those in control group. From the results obtained by the protocol for systematic observation in natural conditions, it was evident that there were significant differences on most of perceptual conducts between control and experimental group, whereby adolescents with motor limitations were more aggressive than control group subjects, especially in behaviors that apply to all forms of verbal aggressiveness. All examined adolescents in which some apparent forms of aggressive behavior were noticed in the observation protocol showed comparable expression of aggressiveness according to the results obtained on the subscales of the A-87 aggressiveness questionnaire, which connects these two measuring instruments and justifies their use in the study of aggressiveness regardless of the understanding of the origin of aggression.
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spelling doaj.art-f6912a5a2f234068b85c288be86308592022-12-22T00:36:49ZengSestre Milosrdnice University hospital, Institute of Clinical Medical ResearchActa Clinica Croatica0353-94661333-94512015-01-0154.1.3844Effect of Motor Limitations on the Expression of Aggressiveness among AdolescentsMara Tripković0Valentina Matijević1Hrvoje Marković2Nela Ercegović3Psychiatric Hospital for Children and Youth, Zagreb, CroatiaUniversity Department of Rheumatology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Psychiatry, Dubrovnik General Hospital, Dubrovnik, CroatiaPsychiatric Hospital for Children and Youth, Zagreb, CroatiaThis study examined how motor limitations in terms of reduced possibilities to move influence aggression, starting from the fact that motor skills and movement have an important place in the expression of aggression, as well as the tendency of adolescents to “body language”. Adolescent with motor deficit is hindered in gaining experience of one’s own body, which is reflected in the formation of complete experience of himself, or constitution of the self. In many of the functions of motor skills and movement aggression has a significant place that we wanted to determine without deeper analysis of whether the origin of aggression is instinctive or it is always just the result of frustration. The sample on which testing was performed consisted of 100 randomly selected subjects of both genders aged 16-18 years. Fifty subjects had motor limitations due to illness or injury, and another fifty subjects had intact motor functions. The study used three instruments: 1) A-87 questionnaire for aggressiveness examination; 2) structured interview; and 3) protocol for observation under natural conditions. Results of the analysis of data obtained in total score, as well as in all five subscales of the A-87 questionnaire for aggressiveness examination showed that the two groups were not significantly different. The results obtained by structured interview showed the adolescents with motor limitations to demonstrate greater verbal aggressiveness, then latent physical aggressiveness. A statistically significant between-group difference was obtained on the factor of self-destructiveness, which implies that adolescents with motor limitations are somewhat more self-destructive compared to those in control group. From the results obtained by the protocol for systematic observation in natural conditions, it was evident that there were significant differences on most of perceptual conducts between control and experimental group, whereby adolescents with motor limitations were more aggressive than control group subjects, especially in behaviors that apply to all forms of verbal aggressiveness. All examined adolescents in which some apparent forms of aggressive behavior were noticed in the observation protocol showed comparable expression of aggressiveness according to the results obtained on the subscales of the A-87 aggressiveness questionnaire, which connects these two measuring instruments and justifies their use in the study of aggressiveness regardless of the understanding of the origin of aggression.http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/208871Movement disordersAggressionAdolescents
spellingShingle Mara Tripković
Valentina Matijević
Hrvoje Marković
Nela Ercegović
Effect of Motor Limitations on the Expression of Aggressiveness among Adolescents
Acta Clinica Croatica
Movement disorders
Aggression
Adolescents
title Effect of Motor Limitations on the Expression of Aggressiveness among Adolescents
title_full Effect of Motor Limitations on the Expression of Aggressiveness among Adolescents
title_fullStr Effect of Motor Limitations on the Expression of Aggressiveness among Adolescents
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Motor Limitations on the Expression of Aggressiveness among Adolescents
title_short Effect of Motor Limitations on the Expression of Aggressiveness among Adolescents
title_sort effect of motor limitations on the expression of aggressiveness among adolescents
topic Movement disorders
Aggression
Adolescents
url http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/208871
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