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Moon and An: Anger, Anger Expression, Mental Health and Psychosomatic Symptoms of Children in Multi-cultural Families
Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2011; 20(4): 325-333.

Published online: 31 December 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2011.20.4.325

Anger, Anger Expression, Mental Health and Psychosomatic Symptoms of Children in Multi-cultural Families

So-Hyun Moon1, Hyo-Ja An2

1Full-time Lecturer, Department of Nursing, Mokpo National University, Korea.

2Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Dongshin University, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: An, Hyo-Ja, Department of Nursing, Dongshin University, 253 GeonJae-Ro, Naju, Jeonnam 520-714, Korea. Tel: 82-61-330-3586, Fax: 82-61-330-3580, callm68@dsu.ac.kr

Received 24 August 2011       Revised 14 November 2011       Accepted 14 November 2011

© 2011 The Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship of anger, and its expression type to mental health and psychosomatic symptoms in children of multi-cultural families.

Methods

The data were collected from 125 students in grades 4~6, and analyzed using descriptive statistics, cluster analysis, t-test, ANOVA, Tukey's multiple comparison test were used with the SPSS/WIN 12.0 program.

Results

Three anger-expression types were found; low anger expression, anger-out, anger-control/in type. There were significant difference in mental health and psychosomatic symptoms between the upper 25% and lower 25% groups of state-trait anger. Also, levels of state-trait anger and types of anger expression were associated with mental health and psychosomatic symptoms.

Conclusion

Anger management programs for children in multi-cultural families are necessary to help them lower anger levels and control types of unfavorable anger expression such as the anger-out-in type.

Keywords: Anger, Mental health, Psychosomatic, Multi-cultural families, Child

Figures and Tables

Table 1

General Characteristics of the Participants and Descriptive Statistics of Research Variables (N=125)

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Table 2

Means and Standard Deviation of Three Anger Expression Types (N=125)

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Table 3

Correlation between State Anger, Trait Anger, Anger Expression, and Dependent Variables (N=125)

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Table 4

Differences in Mean Scores for Mental health and Psychosomatic Symptoms by the Level of State Anger, and Trait Anger (N=125)

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Table 5

Mental Health and Psychosomatic Symptoms according to Anger Expression Types (N=125)

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Notes

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MEST) (KRF-2009-32A-B00135).

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