STUDENTS ATTITUDE TO AGGRESSION IN SCHOOL

Students' attitude to aggression in school and their personal involvement are examined on the basis of a survey among 2553 students. The authors proceed from the assumption that knowledge of the students' everyday theories in the sense of feedback can support the teachers' self-image and their competence as regards pedagogical action. The questionnaires touch on aspects such as the students' ideas as to the cause of aggression, the intensity of protective thinking, different kinds of protective strategies and defensive action, as well as the willingness to talk about aggression with teachers and parents. The results show differentiated relations with demographic data and with the students' personal involvement in the aggressive acts as both ''perpetrator'' and ''victim''; these relations are interpreted on the basis of both theories of aggression and psychological theories of control and of reactance. Finally, practical consequences for the school are discussed.