Aggressiveness in Children

This paper aims to analyze the manifestations of aggression encountered in children in preschool and primary school, through a combination of theoretical and practical analysis. Regarding the theoretical analysis that represents the foundation on which the entire study is based, the paper will contain information about the definition of the concept of aggression, the importance of approaching aggression in children, aggression and development, and the forms of manifestation of aggression, namely physical and verbal. Regarding the practical analysis, we conducted a study on a sample of 44 subjects in preschool and primary school, to identify and compare their modes of manifestation, in terms of aggression. For this study, we used the aggression scale called APPENDIX, which consists of 11 items, to which the children had to respond by placing an X in the box corresponding to the frequency with which the aggressive behavior was performed. In this paper, we addressed the frequency of certain behaviors that emerge from the aggression scale that we applied and some comparisons from the point of view of female or male gender, from the point of view of the school cycle, preschool and primary, and from the point of view of the environment of origin, urban and rural. We also developed a research on the levels of aggression at which each child in the study group is, namely very low aggression, low aggression, moderate aggression, high aggression, very high aggression and extreme aggression. All these results are visible through clearly developed diagrams. The results showed that aggression is present in children's behavior and is expressed through different forms and types of reactions that can be observed within the educational environment.