Aggression among School Adolescent and its Association with Socio-Demographic Characteristics: A Cross Sectional Study

Abstract

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 9th-12th. 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. How to cite this article:Kishore J, Tripathi N, Mandal RK, Tomar SK. Aggression among School Adolescent and its Association with Socio-Demographic Characteristics: A Cross Sectional Study. Ind J Youth Adol Health 2019; 6(2): 7-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2349.2880.201908