This study was intended to examine the relation between anger level, anger expression, aggression type, school adjustment in elementary school students(5th and 6th) and the difference as a function of child sex. A total of 815 students from Korean ele...
This study was intended to examine the relation between anger level, anger expression, aggression type, school adjustment in elementary school students(5th and 6th) and the difference as a function of child sex. A total of 815 students from Korean elementary school in Daegu. The data was collected via questionnaires, 'Anger checklist', 'Aggression Scale' and 'The scale for adapting to school life' were used.
The major results of this study were as follows;
First, there was no difference between boys and girls in anger level, relational aggression. There were some differences between boys and girls on reactive aggression, overt aggression. Boys had higher reactive aggression, overt aggression compared to the girls. There was no significant difference between boys and girls on anger-control but girls had higher anger-in, anger-out compared to the boys on anger expression.
Second, state anger was shown to be positive correlation with friendship and affiliation, trait anger was shown to be negative correlation with affiliation on school adjustment. But leadership has no correlation with anger level. Effort to modulate appropriately on anger experience can be effective device because school adjustment was related with anger level.
Third, the difference on school adjustment as anger expression type using anger level as covariate, low anger-out level was high leadership measures. And low anger-control level was high friendship, leadership, affiliation on school adjustment. Specially, there was shown to be interaction between anger-out and child sex on friendship. Girls had good relationships with their friends on low anger-out level, but boys had good relationships with their friends on high anger-out level.
Fourth, the difference on school adjustment as aggression type using anger level as covariate, there were some differences friendship, leadership, affiliation on school adjustment with relational aggression and friendship with overt aggression. Low relational aggression was high friendship, leadership, affiliation on school adjustment. And low overt aggression was high affiliation on school adjustment. These results were shown that aggression type had negative influences on school adjustment.
Thus this study indicates that it is to be modified students who has difficulties in school adjustment and considered adjustment in social relationship as anger level, anger expression, aggression type.