An exploratory study to determine the impact of self-esteem and academic achievement on aggression among institutionalized adolescent males, 1996

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of self-esteem and academic achievement on aggression. The sample for this study consisted of forty adolescent males at Hillside Psychiatric Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. They currently reside in this hospital in long term treatment. Two questionnaires, consisting of twenty-five questions each was administered by two social work interns, to all adolescent males on four different units. The Wechsler�s Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) was also used. The results were analyzed utilizing frequency distributions, means, standard deviation and Pearson�s r Correlation Coefficient. The findings indicate that there is a moderately strong, negative and statistically significant relationship between self-esteem and aggression. The findings further indicate that there is a strong, negative and statistically significant relationship between academic achievement and aggression