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| Title: | Adolescents and Anger: An Investigation of Variables that Influence the Expression of Anger |
| Authors: | Stiffler, Kirsten L. |
| Issue Date: | 7-Aug-2008 |
| Abstract: | This descriptive design study investigated anger demonstrated by
an adolescent population and added to the limited body of research that
investigates anger in adolescents. Specifically, the research explored
the effects of variables including sex, grade level, number of friends,
academic achievement, school behavior, friends’ behavior, and number of
household members on levels of Reactive Anger (RA), Instrumental Anger
(IA), Anger Control (AC), and Total Anger.
The sample for this study was comprised of seventh, ninth, and
eleventh grade students in a rural school district in Pennsylvania.
Seventy-four subjects completed the Adolescent Anger Rating Scale
(AARS). Analyses for this study involved use of independent t-tests,
multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), and analysis of variance
(ANOVA) to detect differences in levels of RA, IA, AC, and Total Anger
when variables were considered.
Results of the data analyses reveal that no significant
differences are detected in RA, IA, AC, and Total Anger levels for
males versus females or younger versus older students. Additionally, no
significant differences of anger expression or anger control were
detected when examining variables individually including number of
friends reported or number of household members reported. Results
reveal that average grade earned, number of school suspensions, and
friends’ behavior had a significant effect on the data.
Specifically, average grade earned had a significant effect on
Reactive Anger, Instrumental Anger, Anger Control, and Total Anger.
Those indicating lower average grades earned were observed to report
higher levels of Reactive Anger, Instrumental Anger, and Total Anger,
along with lower levels of Anger Control than those indicating higher
average grades earned. Number of school suspensions was found to have
a significant effect on Anger Control, with those reporting no school
suspensions having significantly higher levels of Anger Control than
those reporting more school suspensions. Finally, results reveal that
friends’ behavior had a significant effect on Reactive Anger,
Instrumental Anger, Anger Control, and Total Anger. Those rating their
friends’ behavior as Good reported significantly less Reactive Anger,
Instrumental Anger, and Total Anger, along with significantly more
Anger Control, than those rating their friends’ behavior as more
negative. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2069/111 |
| Appears in Collections: | Electronic Dissertation
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