UĞUR, Erol Sakarya Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi - Eğitim Bilimleri Bölümü, Turkey , MURAT, Mehmet Gaziantep Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi - Eğitim Bilimleri Bölümü, Turkey

The Analysis of the Relationship between Interpersonal Cognitive Distortions and Aggression Responses of High School Students

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The purpose of this study is to display the relationship between interpersonal cognitive distortions and aggression responses of high school students and to determine if how interpersonal cognitive distortions predict aggression level. The subjects of this study were 843 students who have been studying in 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grads of high schools in Gaziantep. The data were collected by using three instruments, namely, ‘’Demographic Data Form’’, ‘’Interpersonal Cognitive Distortions Scale’’ (Hamamcı ve Büyüköztürk, 2003) and ‘’Aggression Scale’’ (Can, 2002) in this study. According to the results of this study; significant positive correlations were found between interpersonal cognitive distortions and aggression responses. It has been found out that the students having high interpersonal cognitive distortion level has higher points of all subscales of Aggression Responses Scale than students have low interpersonal cognitive distortion level. According to the results of multiple regression analysis, it is indicated that all subscales points of interpersonal cognitive distortions were significant predictors for student’s total aggression points.

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Interpersonal Relationship , Interpersonal Cognitive Distortions , Aggression

Gaziantep University Journal Of Social Sciences

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