The Relationship of a Child’s Need for Approval, Anxiety and Anger-in on a Child’s Relational Aggression According to Gender
| Autor: | Kyong Yeon Kim, Young H Wa Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Family and Environment Research. 51:219-228 |
| ISSN: | 2288-355X 2288-3541 |
| DOI: | 10.6115/khea.2013.51.2.219 |
| Popis: | The major purpose of this study was to explore the relation of a child`s need for approval, anxiety and anger-in on a child`s relational aggression according to gender. The study`s participants included 464 boys and girls selected from fifth-and sixth-graders at an elementary school in Busan. A child`s need for approval, anxiety, anger-in and relational aggression were assessed with their own self-reports. For data analysis, Cronbach α, T-test, Pearson correlation coefficients, and Multiple Regression were used. The collected data was analyzed by the SPSSWIN 18.0 program. The major findings were as follows: First, child`s anger-in demonstrated a significant difference among sexes. Girls indicated higher points than boys. Second, Boys` need for approval indirectly affected child`s relational aggression through anger-in. Boys` anger-in was directly affected by relational aggression. Boys` anxiety was directly affected by anger-in. And boys` anxiety indirectly affected child`s relational aggression through anger-in. Third, Girls` anxiety was directly affected by relational aggression. Need for approval and anxiety were directly affected by anger-in. The findings from this study indicates that child`s need for approval, anxiety and anger-in are important elements in relational aggression are affected differently depending on the child`s gender. Also, this study has meaning in that it can be used as fundamental data to develop a teaching plan and counseling program for children that can decrease relational aggression. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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