ROLE OF SELF ESTEEM IN AGGRESSION AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS.

Purpose of the present study was to investigate the role of self-esteem in aggression among undergraduate students. The sample comprised of 550 (270 male and 280 female) undergraduate students studying in arts stream of Allahabad University and its constituent colleges. Self-Esteem inventory (M.S. Prasad and G.P. Thakur (1977) was used for measuring self esteem, and Aggression Inventory (AI) adapted by M.K. Sultania (2006), originally constructed by Buss-Durkee (1957) was used for measuring adolescents aggression. Product Moment Correlation and t-test were used for analyzing the data. Result showed that there was significant negative correlation between self esteem and aggression. Gender differences were also studied and it was found that male students scored higher on aggression in comparison to female students. No significant gender differences were found in self esteem.