youth homicide among females are much lower than rates among males almost everywhere Sexual violence also affects a significant proportion of

youth. There is often a discussion that males are more aggressive than females. Some new findings reports that aggression is increasing even in

females. So there is a need to compare degree of aggression in both male and female and development of prevention and intervention modules for

youth in Indian context.

Objectives: To compare the degree and pattern of aggression among male and female students of Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Material and methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in January 2018–April 2018 on 400 students selected from various departments

of Panjab University through convenient sampling method. Buss and Perry Questionnaire was used for collection of data.

Result and discussion: In our study participants the mean score on the total of Buss and Perry Aggression scale was 73.10 (standard deviation =

18.40).This indicates rather a high aggression level in university students. Traditionally, it has often been reported that males are more aggressive

than females, and that this trend is said to be linked to testosterone. In proportions of their total aggression scores, boys and girls were almost

equally aggressive in this study. This in itself hints at a change that if not more, girls were at least as aggressive as boys i.e increase in aggression