LEVEL OF AGGRESSION AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAM ON AGGRESSION MANAGEMENT IN TERMS OF KNOWLEDGE AMONG ADOLESCENTS.

A study to assess the level of Aggression and the effectiveness of Planned Teaching Program on Aggression Management in terms of Knowledge among adolescents at selected school of Delhi. The research approach adopted was Experimental and the design adopted was Pre experimental One group Pre ? Test and Post ? Test design. The independent variable of the study was Level of Aggression and Planned Teaching Program on Aggression Management among Adolescents and dependant variable was Knowledge of the Adolescents on Aggression Management. 40 Adolescents with the age group of 13-19 years studying in 9th standard in Shashi Public Secondary School, Delhi were selected using Purposive Sampling technique. The major findings of the study were: Majority of adolescents i.e. 65%had mild aggression, 17.5% had moderate aggression, 12.5 % had no aggression and 5% had severe aggression, The mean post ? test Knowledge score of the adolescents were significantly higher than the mean pre ? test knowledge score, Planned Teaching Program was found to be effective strategy in enhancing the knowledge scores of adolescents. There was no significant association between the mean Aggression Scores and Mean Post ? Test Knowledge Scores with the selected demographic variables i.e. Age, Gender, Order of Birth, Types of Family, Education of Father, Education of Mother Family income per month in rupees, No. of Siblings, Occupation of Father, and Occupation of mother.