Year : 2024, Volume : 19, Issue : 1
First page : ( 99) Last page : ( 103)
Print ISSN : 2230-9047. Online ISSN : 2231-6736. Published online : 2024  18.
Article DOI : 10.5958/2231-6736.2024.00016.4

Gender differences and childhood aggression

Shanwal Pooja^*, Jangra Aarzoo

Assistant Professor, Department of Home Science, FC College for Women, Hisar-125004, Haryana

^*Corresponding author email id: shanwalpooja1980@gmail.com

Online Published on 18 March, 2024.

Received:  09  November,  2023; Accepted:  18  January,  2024.

Abstract

The present study was conducted to study the gender differences in physical and verbal aggression of urban and rural preschool children. Study was conducted in Hisar city for urban study and Block-II of Hisar district for rural study. From Block II, Kaimari and Mangali villages were selected as per the demand of the study. Sixty aggressive children in the age group of 4-6 years were selected from various preschools of Hisar city and sixty from the selected villages. Thus 120 children, 60 from urban and 60 from rural in the age group of 4-6 years constituted the sample. A checklist was prepared to observe the major forms of aggressive behaviour. T-test was used for calculating the differences in the means of childhood aggression according to gender and within area. There were also significant differences in boys' and girls' physical and verbal aggression in both areas except physical aggression in rural backgrounds. In urban and rural areas, girls were more verbally aggressive than boys. Boys were more physically aggressive than girls in urban areas, but in rural areas, they were almost comparable. The implications of results can be used for developmental models of aggressive behaviour problems and for preventive interventions.

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Keywords

Childhood aggression, Physical and verbal aggression, Rural-urban background.

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