MEASUREMENT OF FIVE DIMENSIONS OF AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR PATTERN AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOLS STUDENTS: A CRITICAL COMPARISON ACROSS GENDER, SCHOOL AND LOCATION

Abstract

Purpose: The aggressive behavior practice and its existence in youth almost everywhere across the globe. Educational institutes in Pakistan can’t be separated from this behavior including street, road, park and other common places. The aggressive behavior is of different interlinking nested subtypes. It found at various among the students. This research study was done to measure the different nested aggressive behaviors of secondary students and explore the difference of aggressive behavior patterns based upon gender, location and type of school of district Peshawar, Pakistan. Method: The sample was comprised of 1800 secondary level students based upon gender from public and private secondary schools located at rural and urban area of District Peshawar. Multistage random sampling technique was used. Aggressive behavior Inventory based upon aggressive questionnaire (Buss & Perry, 1992) was adopted and modified (translated into Urdu) to measure the aggressive behavior patterns (five aspects) of secondary level students. Teacher rating was also used as confirmatory source. T-test was used to explore the difference of aggressive behavior patterns in secondary level students based upon gender, location and type of school. Findings: It was found that all the patterns of aggressive behavior occur in secondary level students of District Peshawar. It was also revealed that there is no significant difference of aggressive behavior patterns on the basis of gender, location and type of school. Implication for Research and Practice: The presence of high level of aggressive behavior patterns in secondary level students gives insight to the policy makers about the consequences and dire need to device coping strategy and also informing teacher to examine and control its effects in their practice.