Hockey Violence

A Test of Cultural Spillover Theory

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12082282
AutoresGordon A Bloom (0000-0003-4679-9922, 1York University, autor correspondente), Michael D Smith (0000-0001-9709-4485, Krirk University), Woubet Kassa (0000-0002-2867-3106, 1York University)
Ano1996
Volume13
Fascículo1
Páginas65-77
Data de publicação1996-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociology of Sport Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0741-1235 • E-ISSN: 1543-2785
EditoraHuman Kinetics (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1123/ssj.13.1.65
OpenAlexW2109250280
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas18
Referências citadas17

Cultural spillover theory holds that the more a society tends to legitimate the use of violence to attain ends for which there is widespread social approval, the greater the likelihood of illegitimate violence. This study was a test of cultural spillover theory as it applies to hockey violence. Based on data from a representative sample survey of Toronto hockey players and a comparison group of nonplayers, we tested the proposition that violence in hockey “spills over” into violence in other social settings. The results offer support for a cultural spillover explanation of hockey violence. Older players in highly competitive select-leagues were more likely to approve of violence and to act violently in other social settings than were younger select-league players, house-league players, and nonplayers of all ages

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