Social Problem Solving Styles, Acting-out tendencies, and Aggression in Boys and Girls

The present research studied gender differences in aggression, acting-out tendencies, and social problem solving styles in boys and girls. sample comprised 150 children (75 boys and 75 girls; ages ranging from 9 to 12 years). the data was collected using urdu-version of social problem solving measure (mushtaq, 2007; dodge, 1986) and the hand test (wagner, 1983) from different schools of rawalpindi and islamabad. the results indicate significant mean differences between boys and girls on aggression, acting-out scores, and social problem solving styles (p = .05).nonsignificant differences were obtained for social problem solving styles and aggression.