Verbal Aggressiveness and Argumentativeness in Physical Education: Perceptions of Teachers and Students in Qualitative and Quantitative Exploration

Abstract

This study is aiming at examining 1) physical education teachers' self-perceived verbal aggressiveness and argumentativeness, 2) students' perceptions about verbal aggressiveness and argumentativeness developed by their teachers, in order to assess the communicational accordance between students' and teachers' perceptions in elementary, junior and high schools. A combination of qualitative (study 1) and quantitative methods (study 2) has been implemented for this purpose. Fifteen PE teachers (6 females and 9 males), participated in the qualitative study; and 894 students (442 males, 452 females), participated in the quantitative study. According to the study 1, argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness are features that co-exist to a person's behavior.

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