Level of aggression among students of professional and non-professional courses: A comparative study

Pages: 142-145
M. Ilyas Khan, Mohammad Akram and Sabiha Baby (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh)

The present paper examines the level of aggression between professional and nonprofessional courses students. The sample was comprised all students of different departments of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. The sample consisting of 50 (25 males and 25 females) professional courses (BUMS, MBA & Engg.) students and 50 (25 males and 25 females) non-professional courses (Arts, Social sciences and theology) students. The Aggression Questionnaire (Buss & Perry, 1992) has been used, and t- test has been applied. Analysis shows that professional and non-professional courses students were significantly differ on total scores of aggression as well as on Physical and Verbal factors of aggression non-professional students were also found to be more aggressive than professional students whereas on Anger and Hostility both professional and non-professional were more or less similar. Further, no significant gender difference were found on total aggression as well as males and females subjects were not differ on different subscales of aggression.