Effectiveness of thought-stopping technique on level of aggression and its influencing factors among the selected school students at Coimbatore

Abstract

A behavior disposition that is strong, confrontational, or offensive is commonly referred to as aggression. This conduct might be the result of reprisal, or it might simply happen out of the blue. Effectiveness of thought stopping technique on level of aggression and its influencing factors among the selected school students at selected school students in Coimbatore. Objectives are intended to evaluate the pretest severity of the aggression and its influencing factor among selected school students, to determine the effectiveness thought stopping technique on level of aggression among the school students, to evaluate the posttest the degree of hostility among the school students after the thought stopping technique and to determine the correlation between post test score of level of aggression with their selected demographic variables. The design adopted was quasi experimental, one group pre-test and post-test design. Sample was collected by random sampling technique was used to select the sample (n=40) and level of aggression was assessed among school students by modified buss-perry aggression scale. After pre-test thought stopping technique was practiced. On the 15th -day post-test was done. The level of aggression among school students were analyzed by student paired ‘t’ test. Results: The paired ‘t’ value was (2.94) This, at the p-value of 0.05, is significant above the table value of 2.023. The study reveals that effectiveness of thought stopping technique significantly reduces the aggression among school students.