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Abstract: 

The growing concern that the aggressiveness encouraged and expected in youth sports, including high school sports, does not remain on the field when players return to their peer groups, and therefore may lead to bullying or other forms of aggression, has increasingly been the subject of research. The causal link is still uncertain, but research suggests a number of important correlations between sports participation, especially high-contact sports, and life aggression, which may be exacerbated by pre-existing or inherited characteristics. Variables related to self-identity, such as ego, hubris, sport-culture identity, obsessive passion, and jock identity, among others, offer promising areas of future research to improve the transition from sports to peer social environments off the field.

Keywords: sports culture, social aggression, adolescent development, self-identity, deviance, leadership skills, school athletes, ego orientation, bullying

Affiliations:  1: BlackPower5 Sports Consulting.