AGGRESSIVE EXPERIENCES AND AGGRESSIVENESS - RELATIONSHIP TO ETHNICITY, GENDER, AND AGE

This study assessed the relationship of experiences as a target and an instigator of aggression to ethnicity, gender, age, and scores on the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire in a sample of 363 university stu dents. Angles reported experiencing more aggression in their lifetime than Hispanics as both target and aggressor, but there were no interac tions between ethnicity and gender. Males had experienced more aggress ion than females both over a lifetime and in the last month; they also scored significantly higher on scales of physical and verbal aggressi on. Respondent age was negatively correlated with experiences of aggre ssion in the last month and with aggression questionnaire scale scores . The results are consistent with a social learning account of aggress ion as influenced by both individual experiences and culture.