Comparative Study of Aggression and Emotional Expressivity among Students

Abstract

To examine the effect of aggression and emotional expressivity among students. The cross-sectional research design has been used to collect information from early adults. The purposive sampling technique is used in the present study. Data were collected from young adults, particularly students in the area of Haripur, Abbottabad, and Manshera. The data were collected from different institutes, including; the University of Haripur, Govt. Postgraduate College Haripur, Women, Hazara University, Ayub Medical College. The aggression and emotional expressivity scale that had greater than 0.60 alpha reliability coefficients were self-administered by authors and analyzed by using SPSS 22 version. It started in January 2020 and ended in August 2020. The authors personally approached the research participants for data collection. The total sample size of the study was 300. 50% of data was collected from males, and 50% was collected from females; hence there was a 100% response rate. Analysis shows that aggression was greater among males than in females, while females are more expressive in emotional expressivity than males. The study ensures that the emotional expressivity and aggression scale depicts that aggression and emotions play an important role in daily life.