title: Angry adolescents who worry about becoming violent.
abstract: In the present study, 31 of 89 adolescents responded affirmatively to the following statement: "Sometimes I get so angry that I worry I will become violent." These adolescents (the anger group) were compared with the nonanger group, and several differences were found. The anger group (1) reported less intimacy with parents, received less support from them, and was less close to siblings; (2) had more opposite-sex friends, dated more frequently, and more frequently had a boyfriend or girlfriend; (3) had a lower grade point average; (4) were more depressed; and (5) used marijuana more frequently. Results of a regression analysis revealed that depression and dating were the only significant predictors of anger, explaining 17% of the variance.
authors.affiliation: Touch Research Institutes, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33101, USA.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Silver
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diego
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000786:Anger; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012044:Regression Analysis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*