Predictors of Aggression: Self Instability, Its Relationship with Socio- Demographic and Familial Factors “The Case of Turkey”

Abstract

Aggression is behavior with the intention of harming others physically or psychologically. Many studies have also identified several factors responsible for the emergence of aggressive behavior among young people. Among these, self- indecision is considered among the important risk factors predicting aggression. In this study, based on the idea that the self has a heterogeneous structure, it is aimed to determine the effects of young people's self-perceptions in various life areas and their socio-demographic and economic characteristics on their aggression tendencies. The population of the research consists of 931, 669 female and 261 male students studying at state universities in 5 regions of Turkey. Questionnaire form, self-perception scale and aggression scale were used to obtain the data. The data obtained from the research; It was found that there was a negative significant difference between the aggression tendencies of the participants and the intelligence, personality, close relationship and friendship sub-dimensions, and a positive significant difference between gender, monthly income of the family, the punitive attitudes of the parents and the education level of the mother; It shows that women have more angry and hostile tendencies, while men have angry and verbally aggressive tendencies. In other words, it has been observed that while women live with hostile tendencies in the cognitive dimension without transforming their anger into instrumental actions, men transform their anger into aggressive actions in the verbal dimension.

Keywords

• young
• self
• aggression

Saldırganlığın Yordayıcıları: Benlik İstikrarsızlığı, Sosyo- Demografik ve Ailesel Faktörlerle İlişkisi “Türkiye Örneği”

Abstract

Saldırganlık başkalarına kasıtlı olarak fiziksel veya psikolojik zarar verme niyetiyle yapılan bir davranıştır. Birçok çalışma da gençler arasında saldırgan davranışların tezahüründen sorumlu birkaç faktör tanımlamıştır. Bunlar arasında benlik istikrarsızlığı saldırganlığı yordadığı belirtilen önemli risk faktörleri arasında sayılır. Bu çalışmada benliğin heterojen bir yapıda olduğu düşüncesinden hareketle, gençlerin çeşitli yaşam alanları karşısında kendilerini algılayış biçimleri ile sosyo-demografik ve ekonomik özelliklerinin saldırganlık eğilimlerine etkisinin tespiti amaçlanmaktadır. Araştırmanın evrenini Türkiye’nin 5 bölgesinde devlet üniversitelerinde öğrenim gören (toplam 931, 669 kız ve 261 erkek) öğrenci oluşturmaktadır. Verilerin elde edilmesinde anket soru formu, benlik algısı ölçeği ve saldırganlık ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Araştırmadan elde edilen veriler; katılımcıların saldırganlık eğilimleri ile zeka, kişilik, yakın ilişki ve arkadaşlık benlik alt boyutları arasında negatif, cinsiyet, ailenin aylık geliri, anne ve babanın cezalandırıcı tutumlara sahip olması ve annenin eğitim durumu arasında ise pozitif yönde anlamlı bir fark olduğunu; kadınların daha çok öfkeli ve düşmanca eğilimlere, erkeklerin ise yine öfkeli ve sözlü olarak saldırgan eğilimlere sahip olduklarını göstermektedir. Bir başka ifade ile kadınlar öfkelerini araçsal eylemlere dönüştürmeden bilişsel boyutta düşmanca eğilimler ile yaşamaktayken, erkeklerin öfkelerini sözlü boyutta saldırgan eylemlere dönüştürdükleri gözlenmiştir.

Keywords

• Gençlik
• Benlik
• saldırganlık

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