Abstract:
Aggression among young adolescents has reached
dangerous levels in contemporary society, especially
in the school context where acts of aggression have
increased dramatically. According to experts, schools
in South Africa have become one of the most
dangerous places where violence varies from blunt
assaults on learners to bite wounds and fire-arm
related injuries. It is a well accepted not ion in Sport
and Social Sciences that sport is an extension of
society and the problems in society are also the
problems in sport, therefore the aggression problem in
society naturally extends into sport. It is therefore,
imperat ive for educators and researchers to look at
new ways to contain and reduce aggression in young
adolescents, as well as finding creat ive ways to
improve the psychological well-being of learners in
our schools. The aim of this investigation is to
determine if Tae Kwon Do, as a special form of
Martial Art , can reduce aggression levels and improve
psychological well-being significantly in comparison
with hockey participants and a non sport group. A
survey method and two standardized questionnaires
were used in this study namely, an Aggression
Questionnaire and a Psychological Well-being
Questionnaire. The research indicated the following:
the Verbal Aggression and Host ility scores of the Tae
Kwon Do participants were significantly lower than
the hockey participants and non sport group. The
Personal Growth and Self-acceptance scores of Tae
Kwon Do participants were significantly higher than
the hockey participants and non sport group.
