Myburgh Chris, Poggenpoel Marie, Fourie Cornelius M
Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Science, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Health SA. 2020 Feb 20;25:1096. doi: 10.4102/hsag.v25i0.1096. eCollection 2020.
Post-secondary education forms the backbone of delivering high-powered persons in a country. Students are subjected to high levels of pressure to achieve success. This often promotes aggression towards self, others and even the environment. Predicting aggression is important as this can assist in managing aggression and the facilitation of the mental health of students. Little research has been published on the prediction of aggression in a university.
To describe the prediction of aggression of students in one faculty in a university.
Students in one faculty in a university.
A deductive quantitative methodology was applied. Multivariate statistical techniques were used to answer the research questions. An online survey was conducted by using a questionnaire that comprised items related to biographic, personality and aggression aspects. Data were analysed by calculating Cronbach's alpha values, various factor analyses (principal component analysis) and several multiple regression analyses to identify and describe the predictors of aggression.
Findings reflect that aggression can be predicted by intra- and interpersonal variables, such as 'positive inclination towards others', 'positive inclination towards self' and 'acting responsibly towards self.' Aggression is lower when a student's positive inclination towards others is higher and towards self is lower and when a student acts with greater responsibility towards self.
Students should understand and manage their own aggression. Overall, the findings showed that students are seemingly 'adjusted' conformists using an external locus of control. The facilitation of an internal locus of control and autonomous behaviour is imperative.
高等教育是一个国家培养高素质人才的支柱。学生面临着巨大的压力以取得成功。这往往会引发对自己、他人甚至环境的攻击性。预测攻击性很重要，因为这有助于管理攻击性并促进学生的心理健康。关于大学中攻击性预测的研究很少。
描述一所大学中一个学院学生攻击性的预测情况。
一所大学中一个学院的学生。
采用演绎定量方法。运用多元统计技术回答研究问题。通过使用包含与传记、人格和攻击性方面相关项目的问卷进行在线调查。通过计算克朗巴哈系数值、各种因子分析（主成分分析）和多个多元回归分析来分析数据，以识别和描述攻击性的预测因素。
研究结果表明，攻击性可以通过人际和个人内部变量来预测，例如“对他人的积极倾向”、“对自己的积极倾向”和“对自己负责的行为”。当学生对他人的积极倾向较高而对自己的积极倾向较低，并且对自己的行为更负责时，攻击性较低。
学生应该理解并管理自己的攻击性。总体而言，研究结果表明学生似乎是使用外部控制点的“适应型”顺从者。促进内部控制点和自主行为势在必行。
