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Изместената агресия като един от психологическите медиатори на футболното хулиганство
Displaced Aggression as One of Psychological Mediators of Football Hooliganism

Author(s): Kalin Gaidarov, M. Paykov
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology
Published by: Институт за изследване на населението и човека - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Displaced aggression; football hooliganism; social learning; excitement transfer; cognitive; associationism.

Summary/Abstract: Football hooliganism is a social and psychological phenomenon, involving a certain number of young people in the country. Although there is no single definition of hooliganism, researchers gained good experience in its empirical study. It is assumed that aggression is an essential attribute of the behavior of football hooligans. This article is dedicated to the empirical study of displaced aggression as psychological mediator of hooliganism on a sample of 70 respondents. A questionnaire of displaced aggression was used, which consists of 31 items distributed in 3 subscales.

  • Issue Year: 18/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 39-47
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Bulgarian