The Relationship between Overt and Relational Aggression with Hope in Primary School Children

Background and

The incidence of aggressive behaviors among children is increasing, and identifying the factors associated with child aggression seems to be necessary. The present study was designed to investigate the relationship between aggression and hope in primary school children.

The research design was descriptive and correlational. For this purpose, one school was selected by sampling method from two primary schools in Shadmehr, which was studying in the academic year of 2015-2016. The children hope scale (Snyder, 1996) and overt and relational aggression questionnaire (Shahim, 2006) to collect of data. The data were analyzed using correlation statistical and multiple regression method.

Based on the results of this study, there was a significant correlation between hopefulness and physical aggression (r = -0.36, p

With increasing hope in children, overt aggressive behaviors are reduced and thus, it is effective in controlling negative children's behaviors.