Sleep Med Psychophysiol.  1998 Jun;5(1):80-87.

Relationship among Anger Expression Mode, Depression, and Blood Pressure in Korean Male Military Draftees Subjected to the Examining Procedure

• Park DK
• Youn T
• Shin MS
• Lee SS
• Jeong DU

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among anger expression mode, depression, and blood pressure. METHOD: Eight hundred sixty-eight male military draftees were asked during the examination procedure to answer Spielberger's Anger Expression Inventory, MMRI Repression Scale, and Beck Depression Inventory(BDI), Blood pressure, weight, and height were also measured.
RESULTS
1) No significant difference was found in the anger-in and anger-out subscales of Spielberger Anger Expression Inventory, MMPI Repression Scale, and BDI between the hypertensives and the normotensives. 2) No significant difference of blood pressure was found between the groups determined by upper and lower 25% of each of the above scales and inventory. 3) The interaction effect of anger-in and anger-out on depression was found to be significant.
CONCLUSION
These findings suggest that there is no relationship among anger-in, anger-out, depression, and blood pressure in young male military draftees. Interestingly, ambivalence of anger expression, i.e. the interaction of anger-in and anger-out, was found to be an important factor related to depression.

Keyword

anger-in; anger-out; repression; depression; blood pressure

MeSH Terms

Anger*
Blood Pressure*
Depression*
Humans
Male*
Military Personnel*
MMPI
Repression, Psychology
Weights and Measures