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School Alienation: Gender,
Socio-economic Status and Anger in
High School Adolescents
A. Rezan ÇEÇEN*
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate school alienation in relation to state-trait
anger and socio-demographic variables (e.g., gender and socio-economic status). In
this research, survey method has been used. The sample consisted of 300 female and
298 male high school students who came from different socio-economic levels. The
participants’ mean age is 17.6 years. To collect data a “Personal Information Form”,
“the State- Trait Anger Scale” and “the Student Alienation Scale” were used. Mul-
tivariate analysis of variance was used to determine gender, socio-economic level
and state- trait anger differences on the students’ alienation used as dependent va-
riables. When there were significant multivariate effects (Wilks’ Lambda criterion)
separate analysis of variance (ANOVA) were conducted on each dependent variable
to determine the source of the effect. The level of significance was set at p < .01.
The results indicate that there is a significant difference between students’ school
alienation and state-trait anger.
Keywords
School Alienation, Powerlessness, Meaninglessness, Normlessness, Social Estran-
gement, Anger, Socio-Demographic Variables.
© 2006 E¤itim Dan›flmanl›¤› ve Araflt›rmalar› ‹letiflim Hizmetleri Tic. Ltd. fiti.
* Correspondence: Assist. Prof. Dr. A.Rezan ÇEÇEN, Cukurova University, Faculty of Education, De-
partment of Psychological Counselling, 01330 Adana-Turkey / e-mail: arcecen@cu.edu.tr
Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice
6 (3) • September 2006 • 721-726