Estrés cotidiano y su relación con la agresividad en niños

Abstract

Objective: This research was carried out with the objective of analyzing the relationship between daily stress and aggressiveness in boys and girls at the "Fe y Alegría" Basic Education School in the city of Ambato. Materials and Methods: The research is quantitative, correlational, non-experimental and cross-sectional, for which the Children's Daily Stress Inventory IECI and the Aggressiveness Scale (Cuellos y Oros) were applied. The population consisted of a sample of 103 students between 6 and 12 years of age. Results: it was determined that there is a significant correlation between daily stress and aggressiveness in children, likewise, when analyzing the variables individually, it was found that in daily stress the level with the highest percentage was the low level and for the degree of aggressiveness a higher percentage was obtained in minimum aggressiveness; therefore, the children do not have high indices of daily stress and aggressiveness. As for gender, no significant differences were found in the average ranges between men and women in daily stress and aggressiveness, so that both men and women have the same possibility of presenting these problems equally.