SynthesisPeerJ2023
Effects of sports intervention on aggression in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of bullying prevention-associated interventions among children and adolescents: an umbrella review of systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of different types of physical exercise interventions on aggressive behavior among children and adolescents: a network meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of physical exercise on aggressive behavior in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of sports interventions on aggressive behavior among adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- The indirect effect of physical activity on aggression among university student-athletes: the mediating role of state anger.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Sport motivation is associated with lower aggression via emotional intelligence and self-control: a serial mediation study in undergraduates.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The chain mediating role of consolidated helicopter parenting and impulsivity in the physical activity to adolescent aggressive behavior.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Peer Violence in Youth Sport: Do Age, Year of Training, and Type of Sport Affect Outcomes?Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Exploring the impact of traditional Chinese martial arts and other martial arts on adolescent aggression: a comparative analysis of underlying mechanisms.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Aggression in crime and sports: a study on prisoners and amateur combat athletes in Türkiye.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Violent Behaviour and Emotional Intelligence in Physical Education: The Effects of an Intervention Programme.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2024Article
- Relationship between Bullying and the Type of Physical Activity Practised by Spanish Pre- and Adolescents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Objective: To explore the impact of sports on aggression in children and adolescents and analyze whether different conditions in the intervention, such as type of sports, or intervention duration, have different influences on the effect of interventions. Method: The study protocol was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42022361024). We performed a systematic search of Pubmed, Web of Science, Cochrane library, Embase and Scopus databases from database inception to 12 October 2022 for all studies written in English. Studies were included if they met the following PICO criteria. All analyses were carried out using the Review Manager 5.3 Software. We summarized aggression, hostility and anger scores using SMDs. Summary estimates with 95% confidence intervals were pooled using DerSimonian-Laird random effects model or fixed effects model according to between-study heterogeneity. Results: A total of 15 studies were deemed eligible for inclusion in this review. The overall mean effect size indicated that sport interventions was associated with lower aggression (SMD = -0.37, 95% CI [-0.69 to -0.06], Conclusion: This review confirmed that sports intervention can reduce the aggression of children and adolescents. We suggested that schools can organize young people to participate in low-level, non-contact sports to reduce the occurrence of bullying, violence and other aggression-related adverse events. Additional studies are needed to determine which other variables are associated with aggression in children and adolescents, in order to develop a more detailed and comprehensive intervention programme to reduce their aggression.
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