Anger, impulsivity and sensation seeking among college going students: An exploratory study

Pages: 716-720
Meenu Sharma (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh)

The aim of the present study was to examine anger, impulsivity and sensation seeking among college going students. The main objectives of the current study were to (i) Examine anger among college going boys and girls (ii) Examine impulsivity among college going boys and girls (iii) Examine sensation seeking among college student (iv) Examine gender differences on these traits. A sample of 108 college going students (Boys=73, Girls=35) were selected students from one of the private coaching centers at Aligarh City using convenient sampling method. The measures used were 1- Socio-demographic Data Sheet 2- Anger Scale (Siegal, 1986) 3-Impulsivity (Barrett, 1994) 4-Sensation seeking (Zuckerman, 1994). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics like mean, SD , and t-test for examine the difference between the variables. The findings indicate an insignificant gender differences on anger, sensation seeking and impulsivity.