The present study was conducted to explore the relationship between aggressive behaviour and academic stress among adolescent school students. To achieve this goal, 400 students of class XI were selected as the sample from senior secondary schools of Pathankot district in Punjab state. The investigator used Aggression Scale developed and standardized by Pal and Naqvi (2000) and academic stress score was measured by using the self prepared Academic Stress scale by the investigator. Pearson Product Moment method was applied to find out the relation between the variables. The study revealed that there is a positive and statistically significant correlation between aggressive behaviour and academic stress of adolescent students. No significant difference was found between the aggressive behaviour of male and female adolescents.
Key Words: Adolescents, Aggressive behaviour, Academic stress.