Effects of Martial Arts Training on Expression and Control of Violence
Abstract
This literature review begins by describing sources of aggression as provided by laboratory, psychoanalytic, and sociobiological approaches. These sources include environmental events (laboratory approaches), the death instinct or Thanatos (psychoanalytic approaches), and learning rules that are ecologically evolved (sociobiological approaches). The paper then traces the development of martial arts in Asia and outlines psychological studies of martial arts that suggest that it would tend to increase violent tendencies. The paper concludes by reviewing a number of psychological factors that may serve as mediating mechanisms between the martial arts and the realistic control of violence. By including these factors, it is believed that a pattern of instruction can be embedded in a framework of martial arts training of sufficient intensity to take participants through the basic white belt level. The author concludes that such a program should have the effect of improving self esteem, self control, and general military effectiveness at both the unit level and for the individual soldier.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA186919
Entities
People
- Richard N. Carrera
Organizations
- University of Miami