Clinical Study

An Analysis of Anger in Adolescent Girls Who Practice the Martial Arts

Table 2

Total anger scale and anger subscales scores by type of sport.

GroupsInstrumental angerReactive angerAnger controlTotal anger
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)

Judo52.13 (11.74)47.81 (7.49)49.94 (8.19)50.64 (8.33)
Nonathlete50.89 (9.56)49.94 (7.96)50.61 (7.59)50.15 (8.18)
Karate49.08 (6.81)46.73 (6.99)51.85 (7.78)47.83 (7.50)
Swimming46.95 (5.46)45.97 (7.68)54.39 (7.58)44.49 (6.96)
P value0.0070.0070.007<0.001

SD: standard deviation.