[Prediction on the negative outcomes of anger in female adolescents].
OBJECTIVE
This study was designed to construct a structural model for explaining negative outcomes of anger in female adolescents.


METHODS
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.


RESULTS
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 with the paths showed a good fit to the empirical data(chi2=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 behaviors were found to have direct effects on depression of female adolescents.


CONCLUSIONS
The derived model is 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.
College of Nursing, Korea University, SungBukGu, Seoul.
Young-Joo
YJ
Park
Kuem-Sun
KS
Han
Hyun Jeong
HJ
Shin
Hyun-Chul
HC
Kang
Sook-Hee
SH
Chun
So-Hyun
SH
Moon
Young-Sik
YS
Lee
Hun-Soo
HS
Kim
D000293:Adolescent; D000786:Anger; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000523:psychology; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology