TY - JOUR T1 - An Investigation of Self-Image and Aggressiveness in Children AU - , Figen Gursoy AU - , Mudriye Yildiz Bicakci JO - The Social Sciences VL - 2 IS - 4 SP - 419 EP - 424 PY - 2007 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1818-5800 DO - sscience.2007.419.424 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2007.419.424 KW - Investigation KW -self-image KW -aggressiveness KW -socio-economic level KW -children AB - This study aims to determine whether gender, socio-economic level and parental education level lead to any differences in self-image and the aggressiveness levels of 4 and 5th grade primary school children and whether a meaningful relationship exists between self-image and aggressiveness. The study was conducted on 288 children attending 4th and 5th years of primary school and coming from different socio-economic levels (i.e., low, middle, high). The general information form developed by the researchers was used in order to obtain information about the children and their families, the offer self-image inventory was used to identify the self-image and the Aggression Scale was used to identify the aggressiveness levels of children. Data from the research were analyzed with t-Test and ANOVA. The results showed that children’s socio-economic levels and parents’ education levels make a significant difference (p< 0.05, 0.01) while gender does not (p>0.05). It was also found that a meaningful relationship exists between self-image and aggressiveness levels (p< 0.01). ER -