Social factors annoying to children

Abstract

Sixthgrade boys and girls of two suburban public schools of Cincinnati were asked to list things which annoyed and irritated them. These items were then classified into 12 categories which ranged from social relationships to environmental conditions. This organized material was presented to the same 285 children during the following year, with instructions to encircle the member on the provided rating scale which expressed their feeling toward each item (possible rating extended from like to hate much ). Analysis of the data indicated that items receiving the highest hate much rating by boys have to do with injustice, war, sarcasm, bullying, and laughing when others get hurt; the girls found the witnessing of pain and sickness, and social relationships that lower their personal status the most disliked occurrences. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)