Adolescents’ aggression as perceived by self - An interventional approach

Aggressive behaviour has become a topic of vital importance and a major concern in most of the societies. Identifying, controlling and managing highly aggressive behaviour and its ill effect of school going adolescents have not yet been a major focus of education system of India. Hence, the present study was undertaken to identify the types and level of aggression of adolescents and intervene them with mindful activities. The study was conducted in Sonitpur district of Assam. The sample for the study was selected purposively from a population of 185 students belonging to IX^th (Ninth) standard of selected schools. A standardized questionnaire namely Direct & Indirect Aggression Scales developed by Bjorkqvist et al. (1992) was used to gather data from self to find out the prevalence of aggression among adolescents. A Mindfulness-Based Intervention programme was conducted to manage and regulate unpleasant emotions. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. The findings of the study revealed that three types of aggression viz. physical verbal and social were present among the respondents which were categorized as high, average and low. According to self, physical and verbal aggression were most frequently showed by the adolescents. A significant increase (P<0.01) in the percentage of respondents in low category in all three types of aggression revealed that a large section of respondents abate the level of aggression considerably after intervention.