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Factors Relating ot the Aggressive Behavior of Primary Caregiver Toward a Child
saranurug S 
,
Nitirat P ,
Chauytong P ,
Wongarsa C
,
Nitirat P ,
Chauytong P ,
Wongarsa C PORNRUEDEE NITIRAT, M.Sc.**,
CHAIWAT WONGARSA, M.Sc. *
This study aimed to testify the relationship between specific characteristics of family or the
caregiver and the aggressive behavior of the caregiver toward a child. The survey was conducted
from 2"d to 30th of December 1996 among grade-six students in schools under the Bangkok Metro-
politan Administration (BMA). During the survey, self-administered questionnaires were used to
collect data from the target group of 413 students. Among these, 81.8 per cent reported experiencing
at least one form of aggressive behavior from their caregivers or parents. The findings revealed
that the family relationship, economic status and caregiver's educational level reverdbly correlated
with the number of types of aggressive behavior with statistical significance at p-value
<
0.05 and
r
=
-0.7697, -0.2467 and -0.1641, respectively. The family crisis positively correlated with the
number of types of aggressive behaviors with r
=
0.1249 and p-value
<
0.05. Furthermore, the results
showed that students from nuclear families, living in congested surroundings, having a caregiver
with experience of unskilled-work, unemployment or gambling had a higher mean score of the
number of types of aggressive behaviors than their counterparts which were statistically signifi-
cant by
t
and F tests (p-value
<
0.05). Hence, the quality of the parent-and-child relationship should
be strengthened and a proactive approach should be conducted for families potentially at risk.
Key word : Aggressive Behavior, Family Relationship, Family Crisis, Primary Caregiver, Grade-six
Students
CHAIWAT WONGARSA, M.Sc. *
This study aimed to testify the relationship between specific characteristics of family or the
caregiver and the aggressive behavior of the caregiver toward a child. The survey was conducted
from 2"d to 30th of December 1996 among grade-six students in schools under the Bangkok Metro-
politan Administration (BMA). During the survey, self-administered questionnaires were used to
collect data from the target group of 413 students. Among these, 81.8 per cent reported experiencing
at least one form of aggressive behavior from their caregivers or parents. The findings revealed
that the family relationship, economic status and caregiver's educational level reverdbly correlated
with the number of types of aggressive behavior with statistical significance at p-value
<
0.05 and
r
=
-0.7697, -0.2467 and -0.1641, respectively. The family crisis positively correlated with the
number of types of aggressive behaviors with r
=
0.1249 and p-value
<
0.05. Furthermore, the results
showed that students from nuclear families, living in congested surroundings, having a caregiver
with experience of unskilled-work, unemployment or gambling had a higher mean score of the
number of types of aggressive behaviors than their counterparts which were statistically signifi-
cant by
t
and F tests (p-value
<
0.05). Hence, the quality of the parent-and-child relationship should
be strengthened and a proactive approach should be conducted for families potentially at risk.
Key word : Aggressive Behavior, Family Relationship, Family Crisis, Primary Caregiver, Grade-six
Students
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