The article presents the results of an applied sociological study conducted at the Sverdlovsk Regional Medical College. The questionnaire of legitimized aggression by S.N. Enikolopov and N.P. Tsibulsky was used. The least degree of readiness for violence and aggressive behavior is manifested in the sphere of education: over 2/3 of respondents certainly deny this possibility. Every second respondent rejects any form of violence in personal relationships with other people and in the political sphere, although every 5th respondent considers violence in the personal sphere to be justified, and every 6th in the political sphere. Over half of those surveyed believe that displaying aggressive behavior in sports is unacceptable. The demonstration of aggressive behavior in the media received the greatest approval: almost half of respondents believe it is either justified or acceptable under certain circumstances. On the integral scale, half of the respondents believe that violence is not acceptable, even if it is not punishable criminally or administratively. However, every 8th woman and every 5th man holds the opposite point of view, and every 6-7th respondent believes that the use of violence is justified under certain circumstances.