A STUDY OF FAMILIAL AND NONFAMILIAL INFLUENCES IN AGGRESSION AMONG ADOLESCENTS

Authors
TALWAR P
Citation
P. Talwar, A STUDY OF FAMILIAL AND NONFAMILIAL INFLUENCES IN AGGRESSION AMONG ADOLESCENTS, Indian journal of social work, 56(4), 1995, pp. 467-475
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Social Work
Journal title
Indian journal of social work → ACNP
ISSN journal
00195634
Volume
56
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
467 - 475
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-5634(1995)56:4<467:ASOFAN>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
This study attempts to understand factors in the family and in the pee r group that influences aggression. 106 adolescents and their mothers were studied in a fishermen's colony, Mangalore. It was found that fac tors such as poverty, poor parental relationships and poor peer group influenced aggression. Family factors were more dominant than peer gro up factors in influencing aggression.