Anger, Anger Expression, and Biopsychosocial Health in Korean Adolescents

Young-Joo Park; Kuem Sun Han; Nah-Mee Shin; Hyun Cheol Kang; Sook Hee Chun; Ji-Won Yoon; Hyunjeong Shin

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Park, Han, Shin, Kang, Chun, Yoon, and Shin: Anger, Anger Expression, and Biopsychosocial Health in Korean Adolescents

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2010; 19(1): 106-116.

Published online: 31 March 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2010.19.1.106

Anger, Anger Expression, and Biopsychosocial Health in Korean Adolescents

Young-Joo Park¹, Kuem Sun Han¹, Nah-Mee Shin², Hyun Cheol Kang³, Sook Hee Chun⁴, Ji-Won Yoon⁵, Hyunjeong Shin⁶

¹Professor, College of Nursing, Korea University, Korea.

²Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, Korea University, Korea.

³Associate Professor, Department of Informational Statistics, Hoseo University, Korea.

⁴Full-time Lecturer, Department of Nursing, Sangji University, Korea.

⁵Full-time Lecturer, Department of Nursing, Suwon Women's College, Korea.

⁶Part-time Lecturer, College of Nursing, Korea University, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Shin, Nah-Mee, College of Nursing, Korea University, 126-1 Anam-dong 5-ga, Sungbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, Korea. Tel: 82-2-3290-4924, Fax: 82-2-927-4676, nshin@korea.ac.kr

Received 10 February 2010 Revised 19 March 2010 Accepted 20 March 2010

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to explore status and relationships of anger and its expression type to biopsychosocial health in Korean adolescents.

Methods

This cross-sectional study used four reliable survey questionnaires that measure anger, depression, resilience, and psychosomatic symptoms. Data were collected from 18,752 students of 36 middle schools and 23 high schools located in 23 administrative districts in Seoul, Korea.

Results

The Korean adolescents who completed the questionnaires indicated moderate level of trait anger. 45% of them demonstrated using one of three undesirable types of anger expression such as dysfunctional anger-in and anger-out, high level anger-in, or high level anger-out. Also, level of trait anger and types of anger expression were significantly associated with resilience, depression, and psychosomatic health status.

Conclusion

School-based mental health education such as anger management programs for Korean adolescents might be necessary to help them develop desirable and effective coping skills and strategies.

Keywords: Anger, Psychosomatic disorder, Depression, Resilience

Figures and Tables

Table 1

Demographic Characteristics of Korean Adolescents (N=18,752)

Table 2

Anger, Anger Expression and Biopsychosocial Health of Korean Adolescents (N=18,752)

^†AE=[(AI + AO) - AC]+16.

Table 3

Means of Three Anger Expression Dimensions by Six Anger Expression Types (N=17,420)

Table 4

Resilience, Depression and Psychosomatic Symptoms according to Three Trait Anger Groups and Six Anger Expression Types

Note. a, b, c, d, e=Scheffe's test.

Table 5

Resilience, Depression and Psychosomatic Symptoms according to Demographic Variables (N=18,752)

Notes

This study was funded by the Management Center for Health Promotion in Korea (R 0600181).

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