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Entende-se por agressão o uso intencional de força física ou de poder, real ou sob a forma de ameaça, contra si próprio, contra outro indivíduo ou contra um grupo ou comunidade. A violência no namoro tem sido alvo de mais atenção nas últimas duas décadas, e rapidamente se percebeu que este é um problema tanto a nível social como psicológico.
Por sua vez, a Iniciativa de Crescimento Pessoal diz respeito à capacidade do indivíduo de se envolver ativa e intencionalmente no seu processo de crescimento pessoal. Isto é, ser capaz de fazer mudanças pessoais, quando as condições de vida mudam, de modo a se desenvolver positivamente.
Desta forma, o objetivo do presente estudo é perceber de que modo estas duas variáveis se relacionam e se alteram em função de variáveis com o sexo e a idade, por exemplo.
Para o efeito, foi aplicado um protocolo a 259 estudantes do ensino superior das instituições da Beira Interior, com idade compreendida entre os 18 e os 28 anos (M=21.00; DP=2.179). Desse protocolo apenas foram considerados para o presente estudo dois instrumentos, nomeadamente o Questionário de Agressividade de Buss & Perry, versão portuguesa (Simões, 1993; Cunha & Gonçaves, 2012), a Escala de Iniciativa de Crescimento Pessoal de Robitschek et al. (2012) e o Questionário Sociodemográfico.
Os principais resultados permitem concluir que os homens apresentam médias superiores no que diz respeito aos comportamentos agressivos, à exceção do fator “raiva”, que obteve maiores pontuações nos participantes do sexo feminino. Verificaram-se diferenças estatisticamente significativas na escala “Agressão física” em relação aos sexos, permitindo desta forma concluir que os homens apresentaram comportamentos mais agressivos do posto de vista físico em relação às mulheres. Foi ainda possível verificar que as duas grandes variáveis em estudo estão relacionadas negativamente, isto é, quanto maiores forem os comportamentos agressivos, menor será a Iniciativa de Crescimento Pessoal dos indivíduos.
Agression is the intentional use of physical force or power, whether real or in the form of a threat, against yourself, another individual or against a group or community. Relationship violence has been the focus of more attention in the last two decades, and it has quickly become apparent that this is a socially and psychologically problem. In turn, the Personal Growth Initiative is about the individual's ability to actively and intentionally engage in their personal growth process. Is the capacity to make personal changes, when the conditions of life change, in order to develop positively. Thus, the objective of the present study is to understand how these two variables relate and change as a function of variables with gender and age, for example. For this purpose, a protocol was applied to 259 students from higher education institutions in Beira Interior, aged between 18 and 28 years (M = 21.00, SD = 2.179). From this protocol only two instruments were considered: the Buss & Perry Aggressiveness Questionnaire, Portuguese version (Simões, 1993; Cunha & Gonçalves, 2012), the Personal Growth Initiative Scale of Robitschek et al. (2012) and the Sociodemographic Questionnaire. The main results allow us to conclude that men present higher means for aggressive behaviors, with the exception of the "anger" factor, which obtained higher scores in the female participants. Statistically differences were observed in the "Physical aggression" scale in relation to the gender, allowing to conclude that the men presented more aggressive behaviors from the physical viewpoint in relation to the women. It was also possible to verify that the two large variables under study are related negatively, that is, the greater the aggressive behaviors, the less the individuals' Personal Growth Initiative.
Agression is the intentional use of physical force or power, whether real or in the form of a threat, against yourself, another individual or against a group or community. Relationship violence has been the focus of more attention in the last two decades, and it has quickly become apparent that this is a socially and psychologically problem. In turn, the Personal Growth Initiative is about the individual's ability to actively and intentionally engage in their personal growth process. Is the capacity to make personal changes, when the conditions of life change, in order to develop positively. Thus, the objective of the present study is to understand how these two variables relate and change as a function of variables with gender and age, for example. For this purpose, a protocol was applied to 259 students from higher education institutions in Beira Interior, aged between 18 and 28 years (M = 21.00, SD = 2.179). From this protocol only two instruments were considered: the Buss & Perry Aggressiveness Questionnaire, Portuguese version (Simões, 1993; Cunha & Gonçalves, 2012), the Personal Growth Initiative Scale of Robitschek et al. (2012) and the Sociodemographic Questionnaire. The main results allow us to conclude that men present higher means for aggressive behaviors, with the exception of the "anger" factor, which obtained higher scores in the female participants. Statistically differences were observed in the "Physical aggression" scale in relation to the gender, allowing to conclude that the men presented more aggressive behaviors from the physical viewpoint in relation to the women. It was also possible to verify that the two large variables under study are related negatively, that is, the greater the aggressive behaviors, the less the individuals' Personal Growth Initiative.
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Agressão Comportamentos Agressivos Estudantes do Ensino Superior Iniciativa de Crescimento Pessoal