The Relationship among Attitude toward Father, Aggression, Self-Steam and Happiness in High School Female Students in Lamerd, Iran

Document Type : 78

Authors

• Hajar Kariminejad
• Simin Gholamrezai

Abstract

Abstract ^[1]   Background and Objective: Happiness one of the endowment that is granted to children by parents. Children who are given the opportunity of recognizing their emotions would keep happiness through their life. The present study aims to examine the relationship among attitude toward father,aggression, self-steam and happiness in high schoolfemale students in Lamerd. Methods: The study is applied in objective. The Pearson’s correlation coefficient was employed to analyze the data. The population included all high school female students in Lamerd city. Among whom a total number of 110 applicants were selected through cluster sampling. The data collection method includes the following tools: attitude toward father Scale, Buss & Perry Aggression Questionnaire (AQ), Coppersmith Self-Esteem Inventory was used. and Oxford happiness inventory. Questionnaire (AQ), Coppersmith Self-Esteem Inventory was used.  Results: results showed that there would be a significant relationship between high school female student's attitude toward father, self-esteem and happiness. Therefore, the more negative attitudes toward of father would reduce self-esteem and happiness in female students and vice versa (p< 0/05). In addition, findings revealed that there existed an attitude toward  father, there is a significantly positive relationship between female student’s attitude toward  father and aggression (pConclusion: It can be concluded that negative attitudes towards father would imperil female student’s health. Thus, educational workshops and courses are suggested to train parents and female students about effective communication. Key words: Attitude toward father, Aggression, Happiness, Self-esteem.  
 

Keywords

• Attitude toward father
• aggression
• happiness
• self-esteem

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