A Comparative Study of Punitiveness among School Children in Context to Gender and Religion

Abstract

On a sample of 200 school going boys and girls representing in equal strength the variable of religion, Rosenzweig’s picture. Frustration study as adapted to Indian conditions was administered to determine the direction of aggression caused by simulated frustrated situations. Whereas on intropunitiveness no significant differences were evidenced between Hindu and Muslim Ss and between boys and girls, on extrapunitiveness and impunitiveness significant difference existed. Muslim Ss scored higher on exrapunitiveness and Hindu Ss on impunitiveness, while boys had a higher score than girls on extrapunitiveness.