Social Aggression among Students in Primary Education / Socijalna agresivnost učenika u primarnom obrazovanju

Abstract

Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the level of social aggression among primary school pupils in relation to their age, gender and school location (rural/urban). The subjects were fourth and eighth grade pupils from the Primary School Okučani in Okučani (N=117) and Juraj Habdelić Primary School in Velika Gorica (N=97). For the purposes of the research, a questionnaire on social aggression consisting of a scale with 10 particles was developed. As the arithmetic means and modes had low values, according to scale polarization, the level of social aggression is low.
Through factor analysis, two factors were determined: exclusion and mocking; which were used in further processing. Considering that the distribution was not a normal one, the results of the Mann Whitney test indicated that there was an age difference in both factors of social aggression among pupils, i.e. eighth-grade pupils manifest social aggression more often than fourth-grade pupils. Gender differences in social aggression were not found to be statistically significant.
The results indicated that there is a difference between pupils in rural and urban schools on both factors of social aggression. Pupils in rural schools showed a significantly higher level of social aggression in comparison to pupils in urban schools.
Key words: aggressive behaviour; peer groups; primary school; social competence.

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Sažetak
Cilj ovog rada bio je ispitati razinu socijalne agresivnosti učenika primarnog obrazovanja s obzirom na dob, spol i mjesto škole (selo/grad). Ispitanici su bili učenici četvrtih i osmih razreda OŠ Okučani iz Okučana (N=117) i OŠ Jurja Habdelića iz Velike Gorice (N=97). Za potrebe istraživanja konstruiran je Upitnik skale socijalne agresivnosti s 10 čestica. Iz niskih vrijednosti aritmetičkih sredina (i moda), a u skladu s polarizacijom skale, indicira se niska razina socijalne agresivnosti učenika. Faktorskom analizom determinirana su dva faktora: isključivanje i ismijavanje. S obzirom na to da nije ispunjena pretpostavka o normalnosti distribucije, korišten je Mann Whitney test kojim je potvrđena dobna razlika na oba faktora socijalne agresivnosti učenika, tj. učenici osmih razreda učestalije manifestiraju socijalnu agresivnost od učenika četvrtih razreda. Spolne razlike u socijalnoj agresivnosti nisu se pokazale statistički značajne. Rezultati istraživanja ukazuju na postojanje razlika između učenika seoskih i gradskih škola na oba faktora socijalne agresivnosti. Učenici seoskih škola pokazuju statistički značajno višu razinu socijalne agresivnosti u odnosu na učenike gradskih škola.
Ključne riječi: agresivno ponašanje; osnovna škola; socijalne kompetencije; vršnjačke grupe