title: [Anger and health status in late school-age children].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This cross-sectional study was designed to identify anger-expression types in late school-age children and investigate the relation between the identified anger-expression types and their health status.
  
  
  METHODS
  One thousand twenty seven children in elementary school fifth and sixth grades were recruited from November to December, 2004. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, cluster analysis, 2-test, ANOVA, Duncan's multiple comparison test, and Wilcoxon rank sum test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three anger-expression types in late school-age children were found; Anger-out/in, Anger-control, and Low anger-expression types. Children frequently using the anger-out/in type among the three types and with a higher state anger reported higher psychosomatic symptoms and depression. Children from a divorced or separated family reported higher state anger.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study suggests that a specific anger management program needs to be developed for late school-age children with high state anger and frequently using the anger out/in expression type. For understanding the anger level and the anger expression types of Korean school-age children, further research needs to be done with large samples using a randomized sampling method.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. yjpark@korea.ac.kr
authors.forename: Young-Joo
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Eun Sook
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Soo Jeong
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seung Sook
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Hyun Jeong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Hye Sang
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Im
authors.forename: So-Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Moon
mesh_terms: D000786:Anger; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D002666:Psychology, Child; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology