Boys involved in football, tennis, and other fairly “peaceful” sports are less likely to get into fights, steal, and skip classes than their peers who prefer wrestling or boxing.
After observing 500 young athletes for two years, scientists from the Norwegian University of Bergen (University of Bergen) came to the conclusion that aggressiveness depends not so much on the innate qualities of the child, but on what he does: lovers of «soft» sports in five times less likely to demonstrate antisocial behavior than fans of the ring and tatami.