Correlation between aggression and self-acceptance, family intimacy and adaptability in college students / 中国学校卫生

Objective@#To understand the relationships between college students’ aggression and self-acceptance, family intimacy and adaptability, and to provide reference for college students’ aggression preventing and intervening.@*Methods@#Using general information questionnaire, Aggression Questionnaire, Self-acceptance Questionnaire and FACES II-CV, 984 college students from 3 colleges in Xinxiang, Henan province were surveyed by questionnaire.@*Results@#The total score of physical aggression, verbal aggression, indirect aggression and aggression in male students was higher than that of female students (t=7.17,4.21,2.05,3.63,P<0.05).The score of physical aggression of only children was higher than that of nononly children (t=2.39,P<0.05).The score of indirect attack of disciplined college students was higher than that of undisciplined college students (t=2.60,P<0.01).There were statistically significant differences in the total scores of indirect attack, hostility and attack among college students with different left-behind experiences (F=3.39,4.61, 3.37, P<0.01).There were statistically significant differences in the total scores of physical aggression, anger and aggression among college students by family income(F=5.70,3.94,3.37,P<0.01).Correlation analysis showed that the total score of college students’ aggression was positively correlated with self-acceptance, negatively correlated with actual family intimacy and actual family adaptability (r=0.37，-0.09，-0.07,P<0.01). Regression analysis showed that self-acceptance, gender, disciplinary action, left-behind experience and expected family adaptability showed significant associations with total score of college students’ aggression (P<0.05).@*Conclusion@#Self-acceptance and family closeness and adaptability are associated with aggressive behavior in college students. Schools should carry out targeted psychological health education on self-acceptance to ensure that college students maintain a reasonable level of self-acceptance, and family members should develop certain level of intimacy and adaptability, in order to reduce the occurrence of aggressive behavior of college students.