On the relationship between the social intelligence and aggression: a case study of high school boy students

چکیده مقاله

This study made an attempt to investigate the relationship between the social intelligence and aggression among the high school boy students in Kashan city, Iran. To conduct this study, descriptive-correlational research method was used. Descriptive method was used to describe the current status of the student’s social intelligence and aggression .Correlational method was used to investigate the relationship between the social intelligence and aggression .Population of the study incorporated 3850 high school boy students of kashan city in the academic year 2010-2011.Of this population, 423 subjects were chosen through multistage cluster sampling method. To assess the subjects, measurement tools such as Buss Perry(1992) aggression questionnaire and Thout(1995) social intelligence questionnaire were used. When it came to the analysis of the obtained data, correlation coefficient and regression coefficient were used. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between the social intelligence and aggression ,especially verbal aggression , physical aggression ,violence ,and hostility among the high school boy students in Kashan city .The results also showed that the more students’ social intelligence is, the less their aggressive behavior become .Therefore, to decrease the students’ aggressive behaviors, their social intelligence should be improved through appropriate curriculum planning ,and through holding in-service education programs and educational workshops for the principals.