Year: 2014 | Month: November | Volume 3 | Special Issue
Gender Differences in Aggression Among Pre-School Children and its Impact on Social Competencies
Abstract:
Aggression has been a widely researched phenomenon. In contemporary times, it has become a topic of great concern in the field of behavioural research especially that related to children and adolescents. The concern is to be able to identify aggressive behaviour as early as possible while children are still young, since they are at risk for the development of a host of adjustment problems in the social arena in addition to them having a perpetuating influence during their adolescence and adulthood. The present study aimed to study gender differences in aggressive
behaviour in pre-school aged children and its impact on the social competencies of these children. It was conducted on a sample of 50 children (29 boys and 21 girls) aged 3 to 6 years selected randomly from a pre-school in South Delhi. Initially children were rated by their class teacher on a checklist of aggressive behaviour.
This rating was used to divide them into 3 groups - Group A (highly aggressive), Group B (average on aggression), Group C ( low on aggression). The results indicated that boys were rated as physically aggressive and girls were found to be more relationally aggressive. Further children in these three groups were studied
individually through an observation checklist for skills related to Social Competence (Popularity, Sharing, Managing a conflict and Ability to cooperate). The results obtained are discussed in the light of literature survey.
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