FREQUENCY OF VERBAL AGGRESSION WITH PUPILS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISORDER

Abstract

The aim of this paper is questioning the frequency of verbal aggression with pupils with intellectual disorder , from year five to year eight. The sample comprised of 50 pupils of both sexes, 34 men and 16 women, ages 11 to 17 years old. This research explored the relation between function of verbal aggression and age, sex, and the level of intellectual functioning. The instruments used in this research were the subscale for the estimation of verbal aggression, Problem scale, included within the Children’s Scale of Hostility and Aggression: Reactive/Proactive-C-SHARP (Farmer & Aman, 2009). Research showed that, statistically, a significant difference exists among pupils in relation to the level of their intellectual functioning, but there are no statistically important differences in terms of sex and age. Verbal aggression occurs more often in population of pupils with mild intellectual disability because of the characteristic of this intellectual disorder