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Extent of Hostility in Educated Indian Unemployed Youth: A Micro Analysis
Author(s) -
Singh Lal Bahadur,
Kumari Renu,
Singh Indra Kumar
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1080/00207599208246868
Subject(s) - hostility , aggression , psychology , irritability , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , anxiety
This study was designed to ascertain the level of hostility in educated unemployed youth ( N = 150) as against employed youth ( N = 150) at micro level by employing an Indian adaptation of the Buss‐Durkee Hostility Scale. Results of statistical comparison revealed a significant difference between the two groups in terms of hostility and its various dimensions barring indirect aggression, negativism, and verbal aggression. However, both the groups tended to have a moderate amount of hostility and its dimensions. The results further showed the relative standing of the two groups on the dimensions of hostility, positing the job‐seekers as possessing a high sense of guilt and low indirect aggression, and the employed youth, being high on irritability, and, like their counterparts, low on indirect aggression. Also, the study indicated a correlation among the dimensions of hostility with one another and with the total scale scores.