Gender Differences in Expression of Aggression

An attempt was made in the present investigation to study gender difference in expression of aggression in school students. The sample of the study comprised of 200 adolescents (100 males & 100 females) in the age range between 16 to 18 years selected on random basis from different Hindi medium schools of Ranchi town. Hindi adaptation of Bus-Durkee Hostility inventory was administered on all the participants. Results show that males are more aggressive than female adolescents. The male group significantly scored higher in comparison to female group on assault and verbal aggression. On the other hand the females showed a trend to score higher on indirect aggression.