Aggression Among Senior Secondary Students In Relation To Family Environment

Research Article
Ajay Kumar and Sona Thakur
DOI: 
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Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
Aggression, Senior Secondary School, Family Environment, Significant
Abstract: 

The present study aims at studying the levels of aggression among senior secondary school students in relation to family Environment. For this purpose a sample is taken which is the representative of the population. The investigator was used Aggression Scale (AS) by Mathur and Bhatnagar (2004) and Family Environment Scale (FES) by Bhatia and Chadha (1993) were employed by the investigator to collect the data. Non-probability method of sampling was followed for selection of Ludhiana district out of 22 districts of the state. Then, using the probability method of sampling, 10 senior secondary schools of Ludhiana district and further, the adolescents from these schools was selected. In all, a sample of 200 senior secondary students was drawn from the different schools of Ludhiana district. The result of the study showed that there is a significant negative relationship was found between the aggression of senior secondary school students with five dimensions of family environment, i.e. cohesion, conflict, acceptance and caring, independence and active recreational orientation. However, no significant relationship was found between expressiveness, organization and control dimensions of family environment and aggression of senior secondary school students. The results of the study also show that there a significant difference was found between mean scores of aggression on the basis of gender and areas among senior secondary school students.