Comportamiento Agressivo en Estudiantes de Educación secundaria con aptitudes sobresalientes

Abstract

The objective of the research presentation was to identify the level of aggressiveness in high school students, with outstanding skills. The population was classified as 30 students studying First, Second and Third grade, of these 15 men and 17 women; ages range between 12 and 15 years, with a low and medium socioeconomic level, agricultural children, peasants and professionals. The type of study was descriptive, the variables were overt aggression and relational aggression. The Little et al. (2003) School Violent Behavior Scale was found. The design was non-experimental; Descriptive statistics were analyzed and the data were processed in the SPSS Version 20 statistical package. The arithmetic mean, frequencies and percentages were calculated so that the graphical representation of the results can be performed.
According to the analysis of the data in general, 48.7% were located at a medium level of aggression. For Pure Manifest Aggression (46.1%) and Manifest Reactive Aggression (59.2%) it is located at a medium level of aggression; Instrumental Aggression manifests 44.7% presented a high level of aggression. While Pure Relational Aggression (51.3%), Reactive Relational Aggression (56.6%) and Instrumental Relational Aggression (55.3%) all threats of a medium level of aggressiveness. Based on these results, it is recommended to implement workshops for the prevention of aggressive behaviors.