Effects of gender and socioeconomic status on aggression among adolescents: A comparison of rating by self, parent, teacher and peer

Pages: 206-210
Sony P. Thomas and Veena Easvaradoss (Department of Psychology, Womens Christian College, Chennai)

The study investigated the gender and socioeconomic status difference in physical, verbal and indirect aggression by self, parent, teacher, and peer rating among adolescents. Subjects, a total of 516 adolescents, were selected from three southern states Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu of India. MANOVA was used to analyze the interaction effect of gender and socioeconomic status on physical, verbal, and indirect aggression assessed by self, parents, teacher, and peer. There was no consistency between the different ratings. In contrast to earlier findings, boys were found to be directly as well as indirectly more aggressive than girls. Higher and lower middle socioeconomic groups are found to be more aggressive when compared to upper middle socioeconomic groups.