Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Öfke İfade Tarzı ve İlişkili Faktörler / Anger Expression and Related Factors in University Students

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine how the College of Health Sciences students express  their anger and the related factors that affect it.  Materials and Methods: The population of the study comprises all of the students of a private  College of Health Sciences in Istanbul (N=1116). Students (n=408) who agreed to participate in  the study were included in the study, without sample selection. A “Student Information Form”  and the “Trait Anger and Anger Expression Scale” were used to collect the data. To evaluate the data, SPSS Version 16.0 was used, in addition to the descriptive statistical parameters (arithmetic  mean, standard deviation, minimum, maximum, and frequencies) and to Student’s t-test,  Spearman’s correlation test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results: The students’ mean trait-anger score was found as 20.55 ± 4.97, mean anger-control  subscale score 20.88 ± 4.52, mean anger-out subscale score 14.44 ± 3.17, and mean anger-in  subscale score 15.07 ± 3.87. When the mean Trait Anger and Anger Expression Scale subscale  scores were assessed with the students’ characteristics, no statistically significant relation was found between the mean Trait Anger and Anger Expression Scale subscale scores and characteristics  such as gender, family structure, smoking, alcohol use, relationships with friends and  mother description. Discussion and Conclusion: Expressed anger is one of the important emotional reactions that  can be given at any age. Thus the detection of problems associated with anger expression and  the provision of appropriate support during a student’s educational life is quite important for the  student’s personal and professional development.