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| Published: December 06, 2022
The Effect of Thematic Arousal and Offensive Remarks on Aggression in Children
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Tikaram Kanya Mahavidyalay, Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University, Aligarh, U.P. (India)
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Dharma Samaj College, Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University, Aligarh, U.P. (India) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3252-4004
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DIP: 18.01.099.20221004
DOI: 10.25215/1004.099
ABSTRACT
The present study aims to investigate the effect of thematic excitement and offensive remarks on aggression in children in the age group of 8 to 12 years. In a 2x2x2 factorial design (two levels of aggressive arousal – high and low, two levels of altruistic arousal – high and low, and two levels of offensive and non-offensive remarks), 160 subjects were equally assigned to eight treatment conditions. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) shows that when subjects were thematically excited and insulted, exposure to different types of stimulation affected aggression. Among insulted subjects, exposure to aggressive thematic arousal and exposure to altruistic thematic arousal had a significant effect on enhancing aggression. The role of thematic arousal in understanding of aggression in children is emphasized.
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This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2022, Pratima, S. & Dinesh, K. G.
Received: August 08, 2022; Revision Received: November 28, 2022; Accepted: December 06, 2022
Dinesh Kumar Gupt @ dkgupt777@gmail.com
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.099.20221004
10.25215/1004.099
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Published in Volume 10, Issue 4, October-December, 2022