Aggression in females: The role of 16 PF

Pages: 189-192
Anita Sharma (Department of Psychology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla)

The current study examined the relationship between personality and aggression in females. The sample was comprised of 200 (Indian) university female students from different departments of Himachal Pradesh University. The results revealed the importance of personality in determining the aggression with 18% of variance in Physical aggression, 14% of variance in verbal aggression and 16% of variance in indirect aggression thus accounting for 48% of variance in totality. Findings were obtained through stepwise regression analysis.