This study attempts to understand condition of aggression for elementary upper grade students which becomes social problem recently and analysis influential factors of aggression. Particularly, this study search how to effect on violence between spous...
This study attempts to understand condition of aggression for elementary upper grade students which becomes social problem recently and analysis influential factors of aggression. Particularly, this study search how to effect on violence between spousal violence and child abuse. Through this, this study tries to find various way to reduce aggression of children in developing program and intervention of social welfare level.
For this, this study analysis 2,438 students in 5th grade elementary school using Korea Teenager Panel Survey in 2nd year data(2005). The results are as follows:
First, examining aggression level of the subject of study, it showed middle-low level.
Second, through general characteristic of subject of study such as gender, family income, the constituent family members, this study found out the gap of aggression. It showed there was meaningful difference between gender, aggression level of female students were lower than male students. Also, it came out no meaningful about monthly family income and the constituent family members(family with parents or broken home) for aggression level.
Third, analysis showed that relation and grade between dependent variable as child aggression and important variable, the results are as followed:
It showed female students aggression level were lower than male students, school records were more excellent than male students. Also, it showed who had higher self worth, then lower aggression level.
There were negative relation between family income and family make-up, lower family income meaned higher aggression level and broken home child showed higher aggression compared to family with parents.
It also showed negative relation between attachment to friend or teacher for child aggression. In other words, child who had higher attachment to friend or teacher meaning low aggression level.
It came out there were positive relation between spousal violence and child abuse experience if child was exposed violence and aggression then it showed higher aggression.
Fourth, this study carried out hierarchical regression inserting elementary school students' personal variable, family variable, school variable, spousal violence and child abuse variable by stages, the results are as follows: There are personal variable, family variable, student variable, spousal violence and child abuse experience in final analysis model 4. Individual variables are such as attachment to teacher, experience child abuse, spousal violence, attachment to friend, self-worth in order, effecting on aggression. Main variable as spousal violence and child abuse of this study effected on aggression.
Following the result of this study, it showed practical undertone: First, through this study, higher spousal violence and child abuse then it effected on higher aggression. We can expect children imitate their parents' violence as a model. Therefore, it needs family counselling, parents education program and program for children who experience child abuse to make proper family.
Second, friend and teacher to attachment effect on child aggression positively, it needs to build up group program using same age group and positive support system by teachers so that we can support children who is exposed violence and control their aggressive desire.
Third, developing program for positive self-worth for elementary students so that it can reduce children aggression.