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    Parenting Styles, Peer Group Influence and Self-esteem as Predictors of Adolescents' Aggression: The case of Ambo High School Students
    (Addis Ababa University, 2009-06) Deksissa, Tekalign; Meshesha, Ayele (PhD)
    The objective of the study is to investigate parenting style, peer group influence, and self esteem as predictors of adolescent aggressions' among Ambo High School students. Simple random sampling technique was used to select participants of the study. Data were collected using questionnaire. One way ANOVA was employed to examine the relationship between parenting style and adolescent aggression. Independent sample t-test was employed to see gender difference in aggression among adolescents. Multiple regression analysis was employed to evaluate the contribution of parenting style, peer group influence and self-esteem in predicting adolescents' aggression. Finally, to examine relative contributions of each predictor variable in predicting adolescents' aggression stepwise regression was employed. The findings confirmed that there were statistically significant differences in physical, verbal, and indirect aggression among different parenting styles (authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent, and neglectful). There was significant gender difference in the score of physical and indirect aggression among adolescents. However, there was no significant gender difference in verbal aggression among adolescents. Parenting style has contributed the highest variance of aggression. Self-esteem negatively predicts adolescents' aggression, yet peer group influence positively predicts adolescents' aggression. Finally, conclusions and suggestions were made in light of the findings.