Abstract
Aggression is a very commonly seen behaviour these days among school children. It is also one of the most prevalent behavioural aspects in children which cause a lot of concern in the present days. Aggression engulfs a wide spectrum of behaviours, which varies from covert to overt display of aggressive behaviours. The current study identified certain private schools in Bangalore city through purposive sampling method. With the help of teacher’s checklist and Direct-indirect aggression scale (Bjorkvists,1992),a rating scale, rated by the class teachers, the researcher identified 366 children out of 38 schools, as displaying Aggressive Behaviours. The aim of the study was to understand the nature of aggression in elementary classes, and the different types of aggression displayed among boys and girls. This study identified the gender and grade differences in the display of aggression from grade 1 to grade 4. There was a very significant difference in the aggression displayed by boys and girls, where boys were significantly higher in the display of direct aggression and there was no significant difference in verbal or indirect aggression in boys and girls. Boys in the sample followed a pattern on Direct, Verbal and indirect aggression, while girls followed a pattern of Verbal, Direct and indirect aggression. It was also seen that through the grade 1 to 4, direct aggression was replaced by verbal aggression in the classrooms. The intensity of overall aggression was highest among boys and girls in grade 4.
Highlights
Aggression is a very commonly seen behaviour these days among school children
(a) The focus of the first section of the results is to identify different types of aggressive behaviours in elementary school children
In the above graph showing the overall prevalence in the sample, it is seen that direct aggression is the highest(90%), verbal aggression(87%) is closely following the direct aggression, while indirect aggression(59%) is the least prevalent
Summary
Aggression is a very commonly seen behaviour these days among school children. It is one of the most prevalent behavioural aspects in children which cause a lot of concern in the present days. With the help of teacher’s checklist and Direct-indirect aggression scale (Bjorkvists,1992),a rating scale, rated by the class teachers, the researcher identified 366 children out of 38 schools, as displaying Aggressive Behaviours. Aggressive Behaviour among Elementary School Children in Bangalore: A Study on Gender and Grade Differences (Bjorkvists, 1992). If the child wants to have an object that belongs to another child, the proactively aggressive child will use aggression to take the object from the other child These children use aggression to obtain social goals (Dodge, 1991). This study takes into account the proactive ways of aggression, in all the three forms, i.e. direct, indirect and verbal aggression, where the aggressor has an intention of obtaining some tangible or intangible social goals in the process. In this study more than the intention or emotion behind it, the act of aggression, either proactively or reactively is considered
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