Anger correlated with psychosocial variables in rural youth
Autor: | Kirsti Hetager Stark, Dianxu Ren, Lisa Marie Bernardo, Kathryn R. Puskar, Tammy Haley |
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Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Rural Population medicine.medical_specialty Anger management Adolescent Personality Inventory Substance-Related Disorders medicine.medical_treatment media_common.quotation_subject Family support Psychology Adolescent Poison control Health Promotion Nursing Methodology Research Anger Anxiety Violence Pediatrics behavioral disciplines and activities Nurse's Role Article Life Change Events Social support Optimism Surveys and Questionnaires mental disorders medicine Humans Family Psychiatry media_common Depression Social Support General Medicine Pennsylvania Self Concept Pediatric Nursing Cross-Sectional Studies Attitude behavior and behavior mechanisms Female medicine.symptom Psychology Adolescent health Clinical psychology |
Zdroj: | Issues in comprehensive pediatric nursing. 31(2) |
ISSN: | 1521-043X |
Popis: | Uncontrolled anger is a contributing force in the three leading causes of adolescent death: homicide, suicide, and injuries. Anger may be one of the early warning signs which could lead to violent behavior. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between anger experience and expression with the potential correlates of life events, perceived social support, self-esteem, optimism, drug use, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in rural adolescents. The participants (n = 193) were aged 14 to 17 years old in ninth through eleventh grades enrolled at three rural Western Pennsylvania public high schools. Participants completed nine questionnaires. Negative life events, anxiety, drug use, and depressive symptoms had significant positive correlations with anger. In addition, anger was found to have significant negative correlations with the adolescents' perceived family support, self-esteem, and optimism. With this knowledge, health promotion programs conducted by pediatric nurses can target anxiety, drug use, and depressive symptoms while bolstering family support, self-esteem, and optimism to promote anger management in adolescent health care. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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