Aggression Characteristics of Second Stage Primary School Students

• Main Authors: Mücahit Dilekmen, Şükrü Ada, Birol Alver
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Gaziantep University 2011-12-01
• Series: Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences
• Subjects: İlköğretim öğrencileri; saldırganlık; Primary schools; Second stage students; Aggression; Characteristics; Aggression Scale
• Online Access: http://dergipark.gov.tr/jss/issue/24242/256998?publisher=gantep

Within the scope of this study, aggression characteristics of second stage primary school students are intended to be analyzed from the aspect of different variables. Population of this study consists of all second stage primary school students studying in the districts and province center of Erzurum province, Turkey. Sample consists of 430 students randomly chosen out of the population. Data regarding aggression characteristics of students in this study was obtained through the Aggression Scale which was developed by Tuzgöl (1998). Kruskal Wallis, Mann Whitney U, t tests an done way variance analysis (ANOVA) were applied in analysis of the data. According to the findings, a significant difference was found between the scores of students who perceive parents’ attitudes as democratic and as protecting on behalf of the ones who perceive as democratic. However, there was no significant difference found between aggression scores of students from the aspect of the variables of age, gender, education status, parents’ being dead or alive, the settlement they live in, perceived academic success and having disciplinary punishment. Despite this insignificant difference found between the aggression scores of the students from the aspect of above mentioned variables –except for the variable of perceived parents attitudes- are still found to vary between 122-131. Considering the minimum (45) and the maximum (225) scores could be obtained from this scale, it can be asserted that students do exhibit aggressive behaviors to a certain extent.