Adolescents’ Conative Profile and Aggressiveness
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conative profile, aggressiveness, adolescenceAbstract
In the research study "Aggressiveness and conative profile of adolescents", we tried to determine by using the Cybernetic model of personality if there is a significant difference in personality structure of adolescents who live in rural and urban environments, especially in view of aggressive behaviour. The main reason for this research is related to the more intensive and frequent manifestation of violent behaviour of school children (juvenile period), regardless of sex. By using the Cybernetic model and the battery of tests KON6, we tried to identify the "adolescent" profile, and also to determine modalities, types of aggression with children of this age, taking into consideration that the model defines especially primary and secondary, or oral and anal aggressiveness. Therefore, the operational goal of this research was to determine if there is a significant difference between sexes in terms of aggression type and complete personality profile. We also tried to establish whether there are differences in aggression type and personality structure with children who live in various social environments (rural – urban).
By using a battery of tests, KON6, we tested 225 adolescents, pupils of Karlovac High School and High School in Zabalj. The data were processed statistically and we determined that the model identifies impulsiveness, anxiety and tendency to conflicts as "typical" juvenile conative "profile"', but also that children who live in rural environment are more neurotic and aggressive than their peers from urban environment. There is a difference in aggression type with regard to sex: boys are more aggressive than girls, regardless of the environment, and girls from a rural environment are more aggressive than their peers from an urban environment.
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