J Korean Acad Nurs.  2004 Feb;34(1):172-181.

Prediction on the Negative Outcomes of Anger in Female Adolescents

• Park YJ
• Han KS
• Shin HJ
• Kang HC
• Chun SH
• Moon SH
• Lee YS
• Kim HS

Abstract

PURPOSE: This study was designed to construct a structural model for explaining negative outcomes of anger in female adolescents. METHOD: Data was collected by questionnaires from 199 female adolescents ina female high school in Seoul. Data analysis was done with SAS for descriptive statistics and a PC-LISREL Program for Covariance structural analysis. RESULT: The fit of the hypothetical model to the data was moderate, thus it was modified by excluding 7 paths and adding free parameters to it. The modified model withthe paths showed a good fit to the empirical data(x2 =5.62, p=.69, GFI=.99, AGFI=.97, NFI=.99, NNFI=1.01, RMSR=.02, RMSEA=.00). Trait anger, state anger, and psychosocial problems were found to have a significant direct effect on psychosomatic symptoms. State anger, psychosocial problems, and learning behaviorswere found to have direct effects on depression of female adolescents. CONCLUSION: The derived modelis considered appropriate for explaining and predicting negative outcomes of anger in female adolescents. Therefore, it can effectively be used as a reference model for further studies and is a suggested direction in nursing practice.

Keyword

Anger; Adolescent; Structural model

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
*Adolescent Psychology
*Anger
Female
Humans
Learning Disorders/psychology
Psychophysiologic Disorders/psychology