The results indicate a statistically significant correlation between aerobic endurance and the tendency to display aggressive behaviors in socially maladjusted individuals.
Abstract
Individuals with high aerobic endurance demonstrate an increased ability to tolerate fatigue resulting from physical activity, which enables them to maintain pace and intensity of exertion for longer periods (Nhamitambo 2024). The VO2max value is one of the key criteria in exercise physiology – it is considered the gold standard for assessing the efficiency of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, and thus the overall aerobic capacity of the body and an individual’s ability to endure physical load. Factors influencing maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) include age, sex, lifestyle, genetic predispositions, and health status (Kacker i in., 2024). The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between the level of aerobic endurance and the display of aggressive behaviors among individuals serving prison sentences. A key objective was to determine the significance of aerobic capacity in the context of optimizing and reducing aggressive behaviors in the examined individuals. The study involved 41 men incarcerated in a prison located in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship. The Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ) developed by A. Buss and M. Perry (Aranowska, Rytel, Szymańska, 2015) was used, along with the International Cooper Test, which enabled the mathematical estimation of the VO2max index (Adamczyk, Sozański, 2015).
The results indicate a statistically significant correlation between aerobic endurance and the tendency to display aggressive behaviors in socially maladjusted individuals.
Keywords
aggression; offender; VO2max,; physical activity; social rehabilitation
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