Differences in Aggression Dimensions Among Working and Non-Working Young Adult Women: An Empirical Study

In the past few decades change in views and roles have been noticed among women in comparison to earlier centuries. Women nowadays are actively participating in job roles which were stereotypically considered to be performed by the male domain and working towards the development of society. Along with the changes in societal roles, there seems to exist very limited amount of research when it comes to understanding the levels of aggression among women. Therefore, considering the increasing presence of female employees in the organizational sector, the present study aims to explore the differences in the levels of physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger and hostility among working and non-working young adult women. The study hypothesized that there is a significant difference in the levels of physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger and hostility among working and non-working young adult women. The research was based on primary data collected from 64 participants – working and non-working young adult women. The present study used the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (1992) to study the influence of the independent variable on the dependent variables. Results indicated that there was a significant difference in the levels of physical aggression, verbal aggression and anger among working and non-working young adult women. However, no significant difference in the levels of hostility was noted among working and non-working young adult women. Additionally, results also indicated that there was a significant difference in the levels of overall aggression among working and non-working young adult women. Further, the paper also discusses the limitations and recommendations for future research.