title: Anger expression, self-efficacy and interpersonal competency of Korean nursing students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to determine whether self-efficacy mediated the relationship between anger expression and interpersonal competency in South Korean nursing students.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Interpersonal competency allows nursing students to increase their self-confidence in caring for patients. There is evidence of complex relationships between anger expression, self-efficacy and interpersonal competency. Self-efficacy could be considered a potential mediator in the association between anger expression and interpersonal competency in nursing students. However, few studies have investigated the mediatory role of self-efficacy in this association.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted. In total, 207 Korean nursing students completed a structured questionnaire. Measurement tools included the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory, Self-efficacy Scale and Interpersonal Competence Questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant correlations were observed between anger expression, self-efficacy and interpersonal competency. Self-efficacy exerted a partial mediatory effect on the relationships between interpersonal competency and anger-in and anger-control within the anger expression subscales.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study demonstrated that appropriate anger expression could result in enhanced interpersonal competency via an increase in self-efficacy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results concerning the mediatory role of self-efficacy in the association between anger expression and interpersonal competency have provided new knowledge for nursing educators, managers and researchers, allowing them to support nursing students' interpersonal competency. Nursing schools should be required to evaluate students' anger expression patterns and to increase self-efficacy when developing education programmes that provide interpersonal training for nursing students.
authors: College of Nursing, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea.
authors: W-H
authors: WH
authors: Jun
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000786:Anger; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Anger; Interpersonal Competence; Interpersonal Relationships; Korea; Nursing Education; Nursing Student; Self-Efficacy