Essay: Aggression in sport

Abstract

Hostile aggression refers to actions that are motivated by anger and that are intended solely to harm someone. [...]with this form of aggression, the perpetrator simply wants the victim to suffer--eg, a soccer player deliberately and illegally tripping an opponent with the sole purpose of injuring that person. [...]their collective--ie, group or social--self-esteem is lowered, resulting in an unpleasant psychological state.