Agression and Anxiety among Adolescents:A study

Psychology

The purpose of the research was to explore the impact of birth order on aggression and anxiety among adolescence.The dimensions under investigation are – aggression and anxiety.Instruments used for data collection are "Buss and Perry Questionnaire" by Arnold H. Buss and Mark Perry in 1992, "Beck Anxiety Inventory" (BAI) developed by Aron T.Beck(1996). First born (n=10); Middle born (n=10); last born (n=10) adolescents of ages (14-19) formed the sample. Analysis of Quantitative data used ANOVA and Qualitative data used graphical representation on the basis of content analysis. It was found in the result that there is a statistically insignificant difference found between first and second born and last born regarding their level of aggression and anxiety. The trends of main showed that the level of aggression in the middle born adolescence was higher as compared to first and last born adolescence. Level of anxiety in the firstborn adolescence was higher than the middle born and last born adolescence.

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