Investigation of aggression and happiness level in parents of 8-11 years old children playing sports

The aim of the study is to determine the rates of aggression and happiness of the parents of three groups of 8-11 year old children who do athletics, martial arts and no sports. The sample of the study consisted of the parents of 8-11 year old children in primary and middle school in Turkey. For the evaluation, normality test, T-test for pairwise comparisons, ANOVA for multiple comparisons and correlation analysis were used to determine the relationship between two variables. The results showed that the relationship between aggression and happiness levels was statistically significant at α=0.05 significance level, although it was a very weak and negative relationship. Among the demographic variables, there was a significant difference between the number of children of the parents and the sports branch in which the children were interested and the level of happiness (p<.05). There was no significant difference between the demographic variables of marriage duration and income level of the parents and happiness level. There was no significant difference between the level of aggression and demographic variables. As a result, it can be concluded that parents who are interested in athletics and have only one child are happier. Also, it is an expected result that happy parents are not aggressive.