Relationship Between Aggression and Compassion among Ex-army Officers

Author(s)	Keerthana. G, Dr. Divya devi. m, Manoj. R
Country	India
Abstract	The presented study explored the association of relationship between aggression and compassion among ex-army officers using a quantitative, cross-sectional, correlational research design. For this study, the aggression scale is Buss–Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ) (Diamond and magaletta 2001), the compassion scale is that compassion scale (cs: pommier et al, 2020) were administered to 150 ex-army officers. The descriptive statistics indicated that level of the aggression was 54.71 (SD =3.009) and the level of the compassion was 20.45(SD = 3.849). There was evidence of a weak negative correlation between aggression and compassion (r = -0.135, p = .099). however, the null hypothesis was accepted, because the significant value is higher than the 0.05, there was no statistically significant relationship between aggression and compassion. The research shows that aggression and compassion was functions independent among ex-army officers. Future research could explore diverse population and other psychosocial
Keywords	Aggression,compassion
Field	Sociology > Philosophy / Psychology / Religion
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 2, March-April 2026
Published On	2026-03-16
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i02.71510

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