The relationship between temperament and perceived parental acceptance-rejection and aggressive behaviors in deaf and hearing students in Isfahan

The aim of this research was to examine the relationship between hearing and deaf students’ temperament and their perception of their fathers’ acceptance and rejection and aggressive behaviors. 60 deaf students (30 girls and 30 boys) and 100 hearing students (50 girls and 50 boys) from the first، second، and third grades of two formal and two special junior high schools were selected by simple random sampling. Buss and Warren Aggression Questionnaire، Child Acceptance- Rejection Questionnaire، and Middle Childhood Temperament Questionnaire were used. At first the relation between temperamental traits and aggression was investigated. Findings showed that from among the seven factors of temperament، four factors (approach، intensity، distractibility and activity) were predictors of aggression (verbal aggression، anger، and hostility) in hearing students independent of their perceptions of their fathers’ acceptance – rejection (p<. 01). Finally the interaction between students’ perception of their fathers’ acceptance – rejection and students’ temperamental traits in predicting aggression was investigated. The interaction between deaf students’ distractibility and their perception of their fathers’ acceptance-rejection predicted was significant and hostility and indirect aggression. In general، the results of this study indicated that in hearing students difficult temperamental traits both in relation and independent of students’ perception of fathers’ acceptance- rejection predict aggression. But، in deaf students’ temperamental traits، only perception of fathers’ acceptance- rejection predict aggression.