The relationships between irrational beliefs and aggressiveness in adolescent

The purpose of this study was to examine relationships between irrational beliefs and aggression of students in early adolescence and, to determine if how irrational beliefs predict aggression level. In this pespective, it is investigated that weather there is a differentiation of students' aggressiveness score or not according to the gender , parents' education level, families' income level and number of siblings. Subjects of this study were 955 students in 7th and 8th grads from junior high school in Elazığ. To collect the data, The Irrational Beliefs Scale for Adolescents (IBSA) and Aggression Inventory (AI) were administered. Data were analyzed busing Pearson?s Product Moment Correlation coefficients and multiple regression analysis. In this study, significant positive correlations were found between aggression and IBSA total scores and the subscales (demand for success, demand for comfort, and demand for respect) for total sample. For boys, aggression scores was found higher and more significant than girls. According to the results of regression analysis, it is indicated that demand for comfort and success subscale points were more significant predictor for student?s aggression points than demand for respect subscale points.