The relationship between the aggressiveness level of the fourth and the fifth grade primary school students and the parenting styles

In this study, the relationship between the aggressiveness level of the fourth and the fifth grade primary school students and the parenting styles were investigated. For this purpose, participants' level of aggressiveness were analyzed in terms of ?gender, age, number of siblings, the perceived level of success, maternal educational level and age, perceived educational level and age of father, perceived economic status, year of immigration, parental use of psychical violence and class level?This study was conducted on a total of 262 students, consisting of 136 girls and 126 boys attending the fourth and the fifth grades of three primary schools located in different socio-economic areas in Bakirkoy district. In this research, " The Aggressiveness Scale"developed by Şahin (2004) was used in order to determine the aggressiveness levels of the students . 'The Parent Attitude Instrument' developed by S.Polat (1986) was used in order to determine the parenting styles. The students' personal information was obtained by ?Personal Information Form? designed by the researcher. The collected data were analyzed by using SPSS 15.0 program. In this study, Kruskal-Wallis H Test which is the non-parametric reaction of way analysis of variance (ANOVA), Mann-Whitney U Test, Pearson's Chi-Square Test and Spearman Correlation Coefficient Technique were used. Significance level was obtained as .05 for all statistical analyzes.Research findings show that there is a correlation between the aggressiveness level of students and authoritarian behaviors of the father, thematernal use of psychical violence, gender, age and perceived level of success, school and class level. However, the aggressiveness level of students is not associated with maternal authoritarian behavior, father's use of psychical violence, number of siblings, maternal educational level and age, education level and age of father, economic status, year of immigration.Key Words: Parenting styles, Aggressivenes, Primary school students