Aggressive Behaviour among Elementary School Children in Bangalore: A Study on Gender and Grade Differences (original) (raw)
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Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2013
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AGGRESSION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR GENDER AND TYPE OF SCHOOL
The present research statement of the problem is " Aggression of Secondary School Students in relation to their gender and type of school ". The objectives of the study were: a) To study the level of aggression among secondary school students. b) To study gender-wise difference in the aggression of secondary school students and to study school-wise difference in the aggression of secondary school students. This research is completed on senior secondary school students of Himachal Pradesh both sex and Private & Govt. School Students. The purposive sampling method is used for the selection of the sample. The three hundred are selected for the study. This research gender (boys and girls), Type of School are independent variable and Aggression is dependent variables. Aggression Scale for Children developed by Dr. R.L.Bhardwaj is used. In short, secondary school students have very high level of aggression. There exists gender-wise significant difference in the aggression of secondary school students. Because, Boys have higher level of aggression than girls and there exists school-wise significant difference in the aggression of secondary school students. Because, private school students have higher level of aggression than government school students. Abstract SRJIS/BIMONTHLY/ CHAMAN LAL BANGA (2671-2679)
International Journal of Health Sciences and Research, 2015
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Aggressive Behavior: Comparative Study on Girls and Boys in The Middle School
Proceedings of the 4th Sriwijaya University Learning and Education International Conference (SULE-IC 2020), 2020
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AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT
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Aggression in Boys and Girls as Related to Their Academic Achievement and Residential Background
Psychology, 2013
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Indian Journal of Youth & Adolescent Health, 2020
Background: Increasing aggression and violent behaviors in adolescents present serious challenges for public health. Children with persistent high levels of aggressiveness are often associated with developing conduct disorders later in life. Objectives: (1) To identify aggression among school adolescents. (2). To find out the association of aggression with different socio-demographic characteristics among these students. Methods: It was a school based cross sectional study conducted in one of the private schools in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Study population comprised of 319 adolescents studying in classes 9 th-12 th. A pre-tested, semi-structured, self-administered questionnaire was distributed to the study subjects. For assessing aggression, a modified version of Direct and Indirect Aggression Scale (DIAS) was used. Data was analyzed by using frequency tables and significant association was established by chi-square test. Result: A large proportion of adolescents scored high on each item of aggression scale. Males adolescents displayed significantly higher levels of aggressiveness as compared to female. Younger age showed higher level of aggressive scores than older age groups. Adolescents who were Hindus and had nuclear families with educated parents were found to have high aggressive scores as compared to other religion and joint families. However, these differences were not statistically significant. Conclusions: There is high aggression level among school adolescents which needs effective preventive and management strategy.
Indian Journal of Youth and Adolescent Health, 2018
Introduction: Aggression among youth is a major concern now-a-days as it is known to be linked with violent and criminal activities in later life. There is a high prevalence of aggression reported among adolescents in the country. However, few studies are available based in rural parts of our country. Objective: To find the prevalence and patterns of aggression among adolescents from rural areas. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 300 students of 9th and 10th classes in three schools of Moga district of Punjab. Aggression was assessed using the Buss and Perry aggression questionnaire. Results: The prevalence of overall aggression came out to be 61.7% and nearly all forms of aggression had an equal prevalence, with physical aggression being the most common form. The overall prevalence of aggression was found to be significantly associated with younger age (<15 years), belonging to a nuclear family and the working status of mothers. Conclusion: Aggression among school adolescents is high and needs immediate attention of school and health authorities.
A Study to Assess the Predictors of Aggression Among School Going Children
International journal of current research and review, 2021
Background: Aggression could be a product of our interactions with individuals in our environment which, its severity greatly differs across countries and cultures. In the recent era of childhood, aggression is the big health dilemma across the world. Aggression is a behaviour to hurt the living creatures that try to avoid the damage. Objective: To assess the predictors of aggression among school-going children. To associate with the predictors of aggression among school-going children with the demographic variables. Methods: A descriptive research design with non-probability convenience sampling was used. The population was 250 school going children of 5th, 6th, and 7tt in the Wardha district of Maharashtra, India. Result: In this study, the findings show that majority of sample 93(37.2%) were from age of 12years and 82(32.8%) of subject age of 11years and 75(30%) subject from age of 13years. according to their residence show that average no. of sample i.e. 183 (73.2%) were residing in an urban area. according to their Father's Education show that 71 (28.4%) of the subject were from Primary Education. according to their Occupation of father show that 106 (42.4%) of the subject were Farmer, overall income is between Rs 3000-5000/month i.e. 48% birth Order of the subjects show that 124 (49.6%) of the subject were from 1st, 109 (100%) of the subject were from Nuclear family and according to their Source of Emotional support show that 163 (65.2%) of the subject were from Mother. Conclusion: It was concluded from our study that the predictors are over protectiveness, mass media, alcoholic father, temperament, mobile addiction. We found that there was no association between selected demographic variables like age, education, residence, religion, mother's education, father's education, occupation of mother, occupation of father, the income of the family, birth order, type of family, and source of emotional support with predictors of aggression.
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