Role of social environment on aggression: A study on socio-cultural aspect

Pages: 60-61
Jaishree Jain (Department of Psychology, S.S.Jain Subodh P.G. Girls College)
Arvind Jinger (Consultant psychiatrist Psychiatric center, S.M.S. Medical College)

The study under report was conducted to assess the differential effects, if any, of Social aspects on the aggression. The sample consisted of 100 randomly selected children residing and studying either in rural set up or urban set up. The aggression scale (Opinas & Frankowski) was administered on children Muslim children in comparison to Hindu children scored higher on the above scale. The significant difference between the means of the two combinations was checked with critical ratio and was found to be significant at .01 levels, suggest the effect of social environment on aggression. Results are discussed in the light of previous studies.