Psychological Development and Education ›› 2007, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (3): 93-97.

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Emotional Reactivity,Emotional Expressivity and Aggressive Behavior in Junior School Students

WANG Zhen-hong1,2, GUO De-jun2, MA Xin-di3   

  1. 1. Department of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062;
    2. Department of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037;
    3. The Second High School Attached to Capital Normal University
  • Online:2007-07-15 Published:2007-07-15

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Abstract: Self-rating questionnaire of middle school students' emotion and the state-trait anger expression inventory (Spielberger) administered to 833 students of junior school, and classified students as normal group, physical aggression group, and relationship aggression group by peer nominated.This study investigated the characteristics of emotional expressivity and emotional reactivity of junior school students, and also aggressive students.The result indicated that (1) the girls' reported higher feeling of fear, feeling of sadness, and anger expression than those of boys.The boys reported higher trait anger level than those of girls.Emotional expressivity and emotional reactivity of junior school students were not significant difference except negative emotion expressivity.The second grade girls reported higher negative emotion expressivity than those of one and third grade in junior school.(2) Students with physical aggression reported higher state anger, trait anger, and anger expression than normal students.Students with relationship aggression reported higher trait anger and anger expression than normal students also.So anger emotion system of students with aggressive behavior is deficient.

Key words: emotional reactivity, emotional expressivity, aggressive behavior

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