A Study of Aggression Among Adolescents

Since the advent of this universe, the human being has secured the position of super creature in relation to others by proving with well-organized intellectual activities and keeps on improving the quality of life as an individual and a member of the society from childhood to the end of life. Although the life span of a human being is continuous but various stages can be perceived based on growth and development where adolescent is a crucial phase in the sequence of these junctures with their own importance. This non-experimental quantitative study expected to determine gender differences in a study of adolescents in relation to aggression. The purpose of this study was to assess the levels of aggression in adolescents. A total number of 164 (11th) grade male and female adolescents from government senior secondary schools in Punjab. Participants filled aggression scale. Urban adolescents reported significantly higher scores in well-being as compared to rural adolescents. In both gender and location differences results were found not significant, girls and boys do not differ significantly in well-being across low social maturity. Well-being across high social maturity the gender differences were found not significant but in location differences indicates that urban adolescents heaving higher well-being across high social maturity as compared to rural adolescents.