Contribution of the Features and Structure of Temperament to the Development of Aggressive Behavior of Football Fans at Sports Events

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of aggressiveness of football fans during sporting events. The article considers the history of the use of the concept of «aggressiveness» in psychology and sociology and the definition of aggressiveness of representatives of the subculture of football fans. Football subculture is a youth movement with its own system of values, language of communication, manner of behavior, clothing and other attributes characteristic of other youth subcultures, but at the same time it has its own distinctive features. The football subculture is imbued with the spirit of competition and struggle, the atmosphere of aggression and confrontation. It is necessary to take into account these features in order to maintain law and order and increase the security of mass sports events.