Aggressiveness and emotional state in students of Institutions Educational Services of Metropolitan Lima

Authors

  • Marlon Manuel Omar Prado Verdi Centro Juvenil de Diagnóstico y Rehabilitación de Lima

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rinvp.v21i1.15116

Keywords:

Aggressiveness, emotional behavior, educational institutions, students, Metropolitan Lima

Abstract

Correlative descriptive comparative type research that aimed to determine the levels of aggressiveness - emotional state and establish the relationship and comparison of aggressiveness and emotional state depending on the sex and type of family to which they belong. For this purpose, a sample of 343 school children from the 1st to 4th year of secondary school, of both sexes, from two educational institutions in Metropolitan Lima, the Buss-Durkee Hostility Aggression Inventory (1987) and the self-perception scale of the emotional state (Vila Doris - Díaz Luis, 2007). The data were processed in the statistical program SPSS version 22.0 in Spanish and the following conclusions were reached: In aggressiveness, 18.1% of the studied sample presented levels of aggressiveness ranging from the high level to the excessive level. In emotional state, 28.5% of the sample presented moderate levels at high levels. A very significant positive moderate relationship between aggressiveness and emotional state is found. In emotional state there are no differences depending on the sex.

Author Biography

  • Marlon Manuel Omar Prado Verdi, Centro Juvenil de Diagnóstico y Rehabilitación de Lima
    Psicólogo del Centro Juvenil de Diagnóstico y Rehabilitación de Lima.

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Published

2018-09-13

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Investigaciones

How to Cite

Prado Verdi, M. M. O. (2018). Aggressiveness and emotional state in students of Institutions Educational Services of Metropolitan Lima. Revista De Investigación En Psicología, 21(1), 101-118. https://doi.org/10.15381/rinvp.v21i1.15116