Patriarchal Belief, Adult Attachment and Aggression Orientation Among Young Adult Students of Kolkata

Abstract

The study explores the impact of patriarchal belief on attachment and aggression orientation of young adult students in different educational streams in Kolkata and explores whether the stream of study has a relationship with these aforementioned variables. This exploratory and comparative study was conducted on 120 individuals, including 58 male and 62 female students from three different streams of study. Disproportionate stratified random sampling was used. Patriarchal belief scale (PBS), Revised Adult Attachment scale (RAAS), and Aggression Orientation scale (AOS) were administered to collect data from the participants. SPSS-21 was used to analyze the data and mean, standard deviation (SD), correlation, t-test of mean difference, and ANOVA were procured. Results indicated there is a significant correlation between the Patriarchal belief system, Adult attachment, and Aggression orientation. There is a significant difference in the Patriarchal belief system, Adult attachment, and Aggression orientation between the two genders. Results further indicate that there is a significant difference between the different streams of education in patriarchal beliefs and aggression orientation.