ISBN: 978-80-244-5022-3 | DOI: 10.5507/ff.16.24450223

Agresivita u českých adolescentů

Martin Dolejš, Jaroslava Suchá, Ondřej Skopal, Lucie Vavrysová

This monograph deals with a major psychological phenomenon – human aggressiveness and aggression. A certain degree of aggression is inherent to every human being, and we use it for different purposes and in different situations. Aggression may be applied to protect oneself, others or property. It is also a means to obtain something, overcome obstacles, reduce something unpleasant or for amusement. In adolescence it can be a tool for earning a place among peers, promoting one’s interests or carried out for entertainment. Readers will learn about the theoretical background of the phenomenon – definition of aggression and aggressiveness, the theoretical concepts of this phenomenon, the purpose of aggressiveness and aggression in human life, and other relevant information. The said phenomenon has been studied by many research teams, who try to understand and describe the incidence of aggressiveness and aggression in individuals and in society. The monograph provides a detailed insight into Czech and international research projects that have measured aggression and aggressiveness with various psycho-diagnostic tools. The authors describe the said methods in detail to maintain the text integrity, and the reader gains detailed insight into diagnosis of aggressive behaviour. The authors of this book underline the theoretical concepts and general information with an extensive research study, which involved over two thousand students of Czech grammar schools. Aggression was measured with two diagnostic tools – the Dolejš, Suchá and Skopal Aggression Scale (SADSS) and the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire. Major gender differences were established in the factors of physical aggression, anger, and in the general aggression. From the perspective of personality trait coherence, the following relationships are statistically significant. Physical aggressive behaviour and anger are in a positive relationship with impulsiveness. Hostility is often found in those with anxiety and depression. The monograph also provides other data applicable in research and practice, for example in the planning of primary prevention, identification of relations between psychological phenomena, and in research projects aimed at adolescents.

1. edition, Published: 2016, publisher: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, Křížkovského 8, 771 47 Olomouc