A STUDY OF AGGRESSION AMONG ADOLESCENTS OF JAMMU DISTRICT IN RELATION TO SEX, SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS AND TYPES OF INSTITUTION

The most difficult and challenging area in the sphere of aggression among individuals is that of aggression among adolescents. The research was designed as an initial attempt to assess aggression of adolescent and its relation to sex, socioeconomic and socioeconomic status. A sample of 250 students of 10th class was randomly taken from government and private schools of Jammu district of J&K State. The students ranged in age from 15 to 17 years. All subjects completed Aggression inventory. Socio economic scale was used to assess the socioeconomic status of the subjects. Three way ANOVA was employed to assess the correlation between aggression, sex and socioeconomic status. Results provide evidence that aggression has a positive correlation with Sex, type of institution and socioeconomic status. Further findings indicate that low socioeconomic students are significantly more aggressive than high socioeconomic status adolescents. Finally results show that boys are more aggressive in comparison to girls.