[Anger, problem behaviors, and health status in adolescent women].
OBJECTIVE
This cross-sectional study was designed to identify anger-expression types of adolescent women and investigate the relation between the identified anger-expression types and their problem behaviors and health status.


METHODS
One hundred ninety nine high school freshmen were recruited from September to November, 2003. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, cluster analysis, chi(2)-test, ANOVA, and Duncan's multiple comparison test.


RESULTS
Three anger-expression types in adolescent women were found; Anger-out/in, Anger-control/in, and Anger- control type. Adolescent women with frequently using the anger-out/in type and with higher state anger reported more delinquent behaviors, more health risk behaviors, and higher psychosomatic symptoms. However, adolescent women with lower state anger and frequently using the anger-control type reported more depression scores.


CONCLUSIONS
There is a need to further clarify the relationship between anger-expression types and depression in adolescent women. The findings suggest the necessity of a development of the program for lowering the anger level and controlling the unfavorable anger expression types such as the anger-out in.
Park
Young-Joo
YJ
College of Nursing, Korea University, Seoul 136-705, Korea.
Han
Keum Sun
KS
Shin
Hyun Jeong
HJ
Kang
Hyun-Chul
HC
Moon
So-Hyun
SH
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000786:Anger; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012309:Risk-Taking