Are our kids really that angry? : an empirical investigation into adolescent aggression in the South African context / / Elliott, Gary

• Autore: Elliott Gary
• Pubblicazione: Hamburg, Germany : , : Anchor Academic Publishing, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (115 p.)
• Disciplina: 302.54
• Soggetto topico: Aggressiveness - Psychology; Aggressiveness in children - Treatment; Teenage girls - Psychology
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Are our kids really that angry?; Dedication & Acknowledgement; Introduction; Table of contents; List of figures; Orientation; Background; Analysis of the problem; Awareness of the problem; Exploring the problem; Problem statement; Aims of research; General aims; Research methods; Demarcation of the study; Explanation of the concepts; The Research Programme; What does the literature have to say?; Introduction; Anger; Impulsive and inhibited stress; Aggression; Warning signs; Causes of aggression; Male and female aggression; Dating aggression and peers; Depression ; Prevalence of adolescent depressionSymptoms of depression; Causes of depression; Predictive factors of depression; Conclusion; How was the research conducted?; Introduction; Hypotheses; Sample selection; Screening tools (Measuring instruments); Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ); Anger Questionnaire (AQ); Choate Depression Inventory for Children (CDIC); Coding of data; Procedure; Processing of the results; Testing the hypotheses; What results did the study produce?; Introduction; Demographic results; Conclusions from the study; Introduction; Summary of results ; Evaluation of hypothesesRecommendations; Conclusion; References; Appendices
• Sommario/riassunto: The primary objective for this study was to conduct an empirical investigation to gather information in the form of data from adolescent males and females in the Pretoria region of South Africa. Information was gathered with respects to their level of physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger, hostility and depression. The information was used to identify whether correlations exist between the three variables anger, aggression and depression for South African adolescents. Auszug aus dem Text What does the literature have to say? Introduction: Anger is the most
• Titolo autorizzato: Are our kids really that angry
• ISBN: 3-95489-670-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464058603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II