Table 2.

Comparison of the level of aggression dimensions between the respondents' results and the normative value.

Gender	Studied variable	Martial arts and combat sports practitioners		Normative value		p-value		Effect size
		M	SD	M	SD	One-tailed test	Two-tailed test
Women	Anger	19.07	4.05	19.2	4.9	0.42	0.84	0.03
	Physical aggression	18.72	4.26	18.9	5.7	0.40	0.80	0.04
	Hostility	19.52	4.15	21.8	4.7	0.002	0.004	0.52
	Verbal aggression	14.06	2.90	14.5	2.9	0.14	0.29	0.15
	General aggression index	71.38	11.66	74.3	13.4	0.05	0.10	0.23
Men	Anger	19.24	3.78	19.1	4.6	0.41	0.81	0.03
	Physical aggression	22.62	4.29	22.9	6.4	0.35	0.71	0.05
	Hostility	22.25	4.15	23.6	5.1	0.02	0.04	0.30
	Verbal aggression	15.10	2.38	15.7	3.0	0.06	0.11	0.23
	General aggression index	79.20	11.86	81.4	14.8	0.12	0.24	0.17

Source: the authors' own research, with reference to Tucholska (1998).