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Correlation Between Resilience with Aggression and Hostility in University Students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

F. Mojrian ,
A. Homayouni ,
Z. Rahmedani  and
M. Alizadeh
F. Mojrian
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology- Bandargaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandargaz, Department of Psychology, Bandargaz, Iran
A. Homayouni
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Bandargaz Branch- Islamic Azad University, Bandargaz, Iran
Z. Rahmedani
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Bandargaz Branch- Islamic Azad University, Bandargaz, Iran
M. Alizadeh
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Bandargaz Branch- Islamic Azad University, Bandargaz, Iran

Abstract

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Resilience as a capacity to withstand stress and calamity is one of the important components of mental health and aggressive is a negative behaviour that can threaten human health. So, the purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between resilience with aggression and hostility in university students. The research method is correlation, 155 university students were selected by convenience sampling method and responded to Corner & Davidson resilience questionnaires and Boos & Perry aggression and hostility questionnaire. The data were analysed by correlation formula. The results showed that there is a significant and negative correlation between resilience with aggression and hostility, which means when the score of resilience is high, people's aggression and hostility decreases. Therefore, it is recommended to increase the resilience of people by specific teaching programs to reduce the basis of aggression and hostility.

Disclosure of interest

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Type
e-Poster viewing: Mental health care
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. S611
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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