Perceived family authority among middle school adolescents and its relationship with their aggressive behaviors (A field study at Aghiba Imran Middle School in Tamanrasset)

Abstract

The present study sought to investigate the effect of parental authority patterns in shaping aggressive behaviors among adolescents enrolled in middle school education, within the framework of school psychology’s interest in family factors influencing behavioral adjustment and academic achievement in the school environment. The study adopted the descriptive-analytical method as the most appropriate approach to reveal the nature of the relationship between the variables of parental authority and aggressive behavior. To achieve the research objectives, the Aggressive Behavior Scale by Buss and Perry (1992) was administered to a sample of (50) adolescents classified within the category of individuals with aggressive behavior, whose ages ranged between (13–17) years. The Family Patterns Scale by Nariman Maamir (2020) was also used to measure parental authority patterns among (50) parents of these adolescents. The data were statistically processed using the (T-test) for two independent samples to determine the significance of differences between the mean scores of adolescents on the Aggressive Behavior Scale according to the parental authority pattern in their families (weak/strong). The results revealed statistically significant differences between the mean scores of adolescents in aggressive behavior according to the parental authority pattern.