Selfagting en lokus van kontrole as voorspellers van aggressie

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT:Aggression is an everyday occurrence in South Africa. If the detrimental effect ofaggression on the individual, as well as society, is taken into account, it becomesnecessary to conduct more research on the factors that can enhance and loweraggression.The main aim of this research was to gain insight into the relationship between levelof self-esteem, stability of self-esteem, locus of control, and aggression. An additionalaim was to establish whether male and female students differed in their level ofaggression towards men and women. In this regard four types of aggression weredistinguished, namely physical and verbal aggression, anger and hostility. The resultsof this study can be utilised to combat aggression by limiting the emergence andexecution of aggression.Male and female first year students attending Stellenbosch University were asked toparticipate in this study. Participation was voluntary and anonymous. Altogether 149people (40 male students and 109 female students) completed the questionnaires. Thestudy group spoke either Afrikaans or English at horne. The ages of the participantsfell between 17 and 27 years.Five measuring instruments were used. The researcher compiled a biographicalquestionnaire to gain information about the participant's sex, age, horne language andcitizenship. The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE) was used to measure level ofself-esteem. The RSE was also adapted to measure the stability of self-esteem.Stability of self-esteem was also measured with the Rosenberg Stability of Self Scale(RSSS). The Aggression Questionnaire (AQ) was used to determine the level ofaggression the individual had towards others. The AQ also distinguished betweenfour types of aggression, namely physical and verbal aggression, anger and hostility.The Adult Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Control Scale (ANSIE) was used tomeasure locus of control.Significant relationships were found between the following variables:• Level of self-esteem, stability of self-esteem, locus of control, and aggression forfemale students. Only locus of control was a significant predictor of aggression;• Level of self-esteem, stability of self-esteem, locus of control, and aggression formale students. None of the predictor variables were significant.The following significant differences were found:• Male students were significantly more physically aggressive towards their own sexthan female students towards their own sex;• Female students were significantly more physically aggressive towards the oppositesex than male students towards the opposite sex.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University