title: [The effects of self-anger on rumination and on mental health].
abstract: This study investigated the effects of self-anger on rumination and mental health (depression and anxiety). In study 1, a scale to measure self-anger was developed by the review of previous studies and survey interviews. Exploratory factor analysis identified one factor of self-anger. The reliability and validity of the scale were confirmed by internal consistency measures and correlations with other anger-related scales. In study 2, which used the self-anger scale developed in study 1, undergraduate and graduate students completed a set of scales to measure self-anger, rumination, depression, anxiety, and five-factor personality traits. The results of mediation analysis indicated that self-anger effects depression and anxiety directly or through mediating rumination excluding the effect of sex and neuroticism. Finally, the possibility that self-anger management leads to the reduction of rumination and improvement of mental health was discussed.
authors.forename: Yuina
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katsumata
mesh_terms: D000786:Anger; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult