Efficacy of Gender and Locality on Aggression and Psychological Well-being of Adolescents

Abstract

Aggression is an emotion felt by almost all human being in daily life. But in young adult age especially in student’s life this emotion can be very harmful if not managed properly. Wellness comprises of contentment, happiness, satisfaction and sense of achievement. The objective of the present investigation was to know the impact of gender and locality on aggression and psychological well-being of adolescents. A sample consisting of 120 participant’s age range between 16 to 19 years (Mean = 17.44) has taken into consideration from Surat District.  To measure the Psychological well-being a scale developed by Sisodia, D. S., and Choudhary, P. has used to collect primary data. To calculate and interpret the scores one-way ANOVA was used. Findings of the study revealed that Grrls have a higher level of psychological well-being as compared to boys, whereas, rural adolescents scored higher mean on psychological wellbeing than urban adolescents. Both male and female adolescents are equal on experiencing aggression. Urban adolescents have shown higher aggression in comparison of their counterparts.