A study of aggression among adolescents

Pages: 200-204
Lakhwinder Singh and Gurbans Singh Bawa (Department of Education and Community Service, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab)

Since the advent of this universe, the human being has secured the position of super creature in relation to others by proving with well-organized intellectual activities and keeps on improving the quality of life as an individual and a member of the society from childhood to the end of life. Although the life span of a human being is continuous but various stages can be perceived based on growth and development where adolescent is a crucial phase in the sequence of these junctures with their own importance. This non-experimental quantitative study expected to determine gender differences in a study of adolescents in relation to aggression. The purpose of this study was to assess the levels of aggression in adolescents. A total number of 164 (11th) grade male and female adolescents from government senior secondary schools in Punjab. Participants filled aggression scale. Urban adolescents reported significantly higher scores in well-being as compared to rural adolescents. In both gender and location differences results were found not significant, girls and boys do not differ significantly in well-being across low social maturity. Well-being across high social maturity the gender differences were found not significant but in location differences indicates that urban adolescents heaving higher well-being across high social maturity as compared to rural adolescents.