J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs.  2011 Dec;20(4):325-333. 10.12934/jkpmhn.2011.20.4.325.

Anger, Anger Expression, Mental Health and Psychosomatic Symptoms of Children in Multi-cultural Families

• Moon SH
• An HJ

• KMID: 2321920
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2011.20.4.325

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship of anger, and its expression type to mental health and psychosomatic symptoms in children of multi-cultural families.
METHODS
The data were collected from 125 students in grades 4~6, and analyzed using descriptive statistics, cluster analysis, t-test, ANOVA, Tukey's multiple comparison test were used with the SPSS/WIN 12.0 program.
RESULTS
Three anger-expression types were found; low anger expression, anger-out, anger-control/in type. There were significant difference in mental health and psychosomatic symptoms between the upper 25% and lower 25% groups of state-trait anger. Also, levels of state-trait anger and types of anger expression were associated with mental health and psychosomatic symptoms.
CONCLUSION
Anger management programs for children in multi-cultural families are necessary to help them lower anger levels and control types of unfavorable anger expression such as the anger-out-in type.

Keyword

Anger; Mental health; Psychosomatic; Multi-cultural families; Child

MeSH Terms

Anger*
Child*
Humans
Mental Health*

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