Características de las conductas agresivas de los estudiantes de primero, segundo y tercero de bachillerato de la Unidad Educativa César Dávila Andrade. Cuenca 2016

Abstract

Background: Aggressiveness is part of a physiological reaction in humans, when it happens without any control can lead to violence among adolescents and their families, aggressiveness is linked in most cases to environmental and family factors and if there is a proper diagnosis it could be controlled. Objective: To describe the characteristics of aggressive behavior on students from tenth, eleventh, and twelve grade of high school at Unidad Educativa "César Dávila Andrade". Cuenca 2016.

Methodology: This research was a descriptive quantitative cross-section type, the universe of study was conformed by 216 students of tenth, eleventh and twelve grade of high school which belonged to Unidad Educativa "César Dávila Andrade", to collect information a questionnaire of aggression (AQ) was applied which consists of 23 items, followed by a social-demographic survey to describe the conditions of the students. Data was tabulated using the statistical program of SPSS 21.

Results: The average age was 16,22 years old with a 66,7% of male adolescent, 98,1% of adolescents had an unmarried single status; 30,6% of them lived with their parents and siblings, 56,9% were nuclear families and on the 65,7% of the families the number of members was 5 or less. According to the overall scores of the questionnaire of Aggression RPQ, reactive aggressiveness was higher than proactive aggressiveness with 19,16 and 15,82 points respectively.

Conclusions: aggressiveness shows high indicators in adolescents high school at Unidad Educativa "César Dávila Andrade" which is even higher in males and in adolescents with families and regular relations with extended features