Forms and Motives of Aggression in Relation to the Extent of Bullying among College Freshmen of Occidental Mindoro State College

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Often dismissed as an adolescent "rite of passage," research clearly indicates bullying is a learned behavior and is detrimental to the academic, physical, social and emotional development of all involved -bullies, targets and the bystanders who witness it. It is a complex social issue requiring determination, leadership and courage to address. Although it is a difficult challenge, it cannot be ignored.

METHODS

This study investigates the forms and motives of aggression in relation to the extent of bullying among the college freshmen, content analysis method as well because of using printed words in gathering more data. Questionnaire will be used as the primary source of data gathering in knowing the profile of the respondents. The respondents are the forty (40) college freshmen under General Education Department of Occidental Mindoro State College (OMSC) Labangan Campus in Academic Year 2013-2014, who were chosen by stratified random sampling.

RESULTS

The results and findings of the data gathered including its analysis and interpretation on the following: Level of aggression of the respondents in terms of Proactive and Reactive Aggressiveness. In proactive it implies that the respondents are often bully at school in terms of teasing, calling names and isolating and they are very often bully in terms of hitting, kicking or pushing others. While reactive, it could be seen from the data that respondents are bully as a reaction to a certain situation. This implied that they are human that reacts to a stimulus that sometimes causes them to hurt others. And the results and findings of the data gathered Level of aggression of the respondents in terms of power-related and affiliation-related aggressiveness. The findings in power-related aggressiveness implied that they become aggressive for them to be powerful over others while affiliation-related aggressiveness the findings implied that they become aggressive to be together with others.

DISCUSSIONS

In general, College freshmen of OccidentalMindoro State College are bully in school. It could be seen from the table that there is a significant relationship between intrinsic motivation and academic performance of college freshmen students.