Brief Commentary on “Perceived Verbal Aggressiveness of Coaches in Volleyball and Basketball: A Preliminary Study”

Abstract

This note contains a brief critical commentary of Bekiari, et al.'s 2006 paper on perceived verbal aggressiveness of coaches. Corrections are made to the description of Lemieux, et al.'s 2002 research, and a weakness in Bekiari, et al's study is identified.

References

Bekiari

Digelidis

Sakelariou

(2006) Perceived verbal aggressiveness of coaches in volleyball and basketball: A preliminary study. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 103, 526–530.

Lemieux

McKelvie

S. J.

Stout

(2002) Self-reported hostile aggression in contact athletes, no contact athletes, and non-athletes. Athletic Insight, 4(3). [http://www.athleticinsight.com/Vol4Iss3/43IssueHome.htm].