An analysis of aggression levels of 9 th grade students at secondary school with regard to some variables

This study has been carried out to analyze whether secondary school 9th grade students? aggression levels show any difference or not regarding some variables. While the relationship in question has been examined, it has been assessed whether the aggressive behaviors of the adolescent have differed or not in terms of such factors as sex, school type, school achievement, parents? education level, income level, parents? attitudes, age, satisfaction levels about friendship and teacher relations, family structure and school absenteeism.The research universe consists of secondary school 9th grade students in the central district of Malatya during 2007?2008 academic year. And the sampling of the study is composed of 1230 students , 537 of whom are girls and 693 of whom are boys, from the following schools in the central district of Malatya: Vocational High Schools (Şehit Kemal Özalper Endüstri Meslek Lisesi, Ticaret Lisesi, İmam Hatip Lisesi, Yunus Emre Endüstri Meslek Lisesi, Kız Meslek Lisesi); Regular High Schools (Cumhuriyet Lisesi, Fatih Lisesi, Malatya Lisesi, Sümer Lisesi, Akıncı Lisesi); Anatolian High Schools (Turgut Özal Anadolu Lisesi, Malatya Anadolu Lisesi, Beydağı Anadolu Lisesi) and Science High School.During the data collection stage of the research, the Aggression Inventory developed by Kocatürk in 1982 and the Aggression Measure by Tuzgöl (1998) have been used. The data about the independent variable have been collected by making use of Personal Information Form.At the analysis stage of the study, first of all, in order to determine whether the variances have been distributed homogeneously, Levene?s Test of Homogeneity of Variance has been applied. In case of variances? being homogeneous, One Way Analysis of Variance has been used. In cases of variances? not being homogeneous, Kruskall-Wallis Test has been conducted instead of analysis of variance. Level of significance has been accepted as 0,5 through the research.The findings obtained through the research can be summarized as follow:Secondary school 9th grade students? aggression levels vary according to the factors such as sex, school type, school achievement, parents? education level, income level, parents? attitudes, age, satisfaction levels about friendship and teacher relations, family structure and school absenteeism. However, it has been found that the education level of mother and father, income level and the structure of family don?t have any remarkable effect upon the aggression levels of 9th grade students.