Measuring relational aggression among university students

This research aims to identify relational aggression among university students, according to the variables (gender, specialization), and to achieve the research objectives, the researchers adopted the Caitlin M. relational aggression scale. Clark (2017), which consists of (38) items and (2) two domains, and after it was translated, statistical analysis of the scale was conducted after applying it to a sample of (400) male and female students from the University of Basra. All items of the scale were distinct, and the psychometric properties of validity and reliability were conducted. Thus, it became in its final form, and was applied to a sample of Basra University students, the size of which was (376), distributed according to gender and specialization. The results showed that university students do not have relational aggression, and there are no statistically significant differences on the gender variable (males - females). There are differences. There is a statistical significance on the specialization variable (scientific - humanities) towards the humanitarian specialization.