Department of Psychology

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Browsing Department of Psychology by Subject "Aggression"

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    Narcissism and self esteem as predictor of aggression among adolescents
    (University of Management and Technology Lahore, 2016) Saleem, Amna
    The study explored the relationship between Narcissism and unstable Self-Esteem as predictor of Aggression among adolescents from Lahore, city of Pakistan. It was hypothesized that there is likely to be a correlation between self-esteem, narcissism and aggression. It was also hypothesized that narcissism and self-esteem is likely to predict aggression. For this co relational study, self-report data from 153 participants (n=89, man, n=63 women) were collected. Online Aggression Questionnaire, (Buss, A.H. & Perry, M.P. 1992), Online Sorensen Self-Esteem Questionnaire (Sorensen, 2006), Online Narcissistic Personality inventory (NPI-16, Ruskin &Terry 1998) was used. The demographic variables included in this study were age, gender, class, family system and income. Results revealed that a significant negative relationship between narcissism, self-esteem and aggression. According to findings Self-esteem is a significant negative predictor of aggression and there is a positive significant correlation between narcissism and aggression. The narcissist is likely to show high aggression. The implication of the study is beneficial to researcher in different discipline such as education, clinical psychology; university students etc. who wish to work on anger management techniques help people in preventing aggression and even crime.
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    Positive-negative outcomes and correlates of aggression in adolescents
    (University of Management and Technology Lahore, 2015) Mehdi Abbas Kazmi
    The current study investigated the relationship between self esteem, academic achievement, aggression and its sub scales among adolescents with an age range of 18 to 21 years. The study comprised two phases. In the first place, high and low aggression and its subscales were identified and observed among adolescents. The correlation between the subscales of aggression named physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger and hostility was found with its positive and negative outcomes on self-esteem. In the second place positive-negative outcomes were observed comparing the correlates named gender and academic achievements. Bus and Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ) scale and The Rosenberg Self- Esteem (RSE) scale were administered on a sample of 152 randomly selected university students comprising boys and girls. Results revealed that aggression and its subscales were found to be significantly and positively correlated with each other whereas, hostility was found negatively correlated with self-esteem. GPA showed no significance with any of the study variable. Furthermore, individuals with low self-esteem were found more hostile and individuals with high self-esteem were moderately high on verbal aggression. No difference was found between high and low self-esteem groups on the rest of the study variables.