ERIC Number: EJ1136609
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Publication Date: 2011
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Multivariate Differential Analyses of Adolescents' Experiences of Aggression in Families
Myburgh, Chris; Poggenpoel, Marie; du Plessis, Dorothy
South African Journal of Education, v31 n4 p590-602 2011
Aggression is part of South African society and has implications for the mental health of persons living in South Africa. If parents are aggressive adolescents are also likely to be aggressive and that will impact negatively on their mental health. In this article the nature and extent of adolescents' experiences of aggression and aggressive behaviour in the family are investigated. A deductive explorative quantitative approach was followed. Aggression is reasoned to be dependent on aspects such as self-concept, moral reasoning, communication, frustration tolerance and family relationships. To analyse the data from questionnaires of 101 families (95 adolescents, 95 mothers and 91 fathers) Cronbach Alpha, various consecutive first and second order factor analyses, correlations, multiple regression, MANOVA, ANOVA and Scheffè/Dunnett tests were used. It was found that aggression correlated negatively with the independent variables; and the correlations between adolescents and their parents were significant. Regression analyses indicated that different predictors predicted aggression. Furthermore, differences between adolescents and their parents indicated that the experienced levels of aggression between adolescents and their parents were small. Implications for education are given.
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes, Correlation, Statistical Analysis, Multivariate Analysis, Foreign Countries, Aggression, Questionnaires, Regression (Statistics), Parents, Parent Child Relationship, Family Environment, Predictor Variables
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Language: English
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