Study and Comparison of Aggression and Anxiety Symptoms among Child Labour and Children of Sex Workers according to their Draw Paintings

Abstract

Purpose of this study was to investigate and compare level of anxiety and aggression among labor and street children as well as children whose mothers are sex workers based on analysis of their drawings. Sample group was selected by convenience sampling method, and included 50 children from Society for Defending Street and Labor Children using Morgan table. Measurement tool was Spence aggression questionnaire and Marx aggression questionnaire and analysis of drawing interpretation according to information in the book by Parirokh Dadsetan was used to verify accuracy of the results. Results of data analysis by covariance analysis showed that anxiety and aggression levels among labor and street children as well as children whose mothers are sex workers are high; however, there was no significant difference between labor and street children and children with sex working mothers in terms of children’s level of anxiety and aggression.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijls.v9i5.12689