Aggression and Academic Achievement among Emerging Adults: A Correlational Study
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The present research was aimed at studying the relation between aggression and academic achievement among emerging adults. The sample for the present research consisted of 120 college-going participants, from Bhopal. The age group of participants ranged from 18-24 years. Equal number of female and male participants were considered for this research. Buss and Perry Aggression Questionnaire developed by Arnold H. Buss and Mark Perry (1992) was administered on the participants to measure their aggression and Cumulative Grade Point Average of the participants was asked to measure their academic achievement. Data analysis was done by using SPSS, descriptive statistics analysis, independent t-test and bivariate correlations were administered to understand the relation between aggression and academic achievement. The hypothesis were rejected because the correlation coefficient is small (i.e. p > 0.05) and therefore not significant. However, the direction of the relationship between the variables is hypothesized. This research gives us an idea of what relation does aggression and academic achievement share. Due to the lack of research in these variables for emerging adults, additional research will provide us with a definite idea of how these variables form relation in an emerging adult’s life.
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