Peculiarities of Aggression Manifestation in the Educational and Professional Activity of Students in Online and Offline Learning

This paper aims to examine peculiarities of aggression manifestation in the educational and professional activity of students during the transition between learning formats. Research has revealed that students are more prone to manifesting verbal, covert and reflected aggression, and to provoking aggression in those around them. Also, males have higher irritability scores (at the level of statistical significance) compared with females. Online learning aggravates aggression manifestation. The respondents attribute this to a loss of interpersonal contacts and technical difficulties associated with organizing online learning. Severance of communication links caused by online learning results in the accumulation of distress, irritability and negativism. The study involved 86 polytechnic students. Its findings can be used to substantiate a choice of the dominant learning format employed in higher education, to develop programs in psychological and educational counseling for students and faculty in blended learning.