The Ways of Anger Expression of Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Problems

The aim of the present work has been to analyze the ways of adolescents’ anger expression and to estimate the relations between emotional and behavioral problems. There was collected data about 198 11-18 years old adolescents. In the research there were used YSR 11/18: Youth self – report (Achenbach, 1991), TRI - Interpersonal Reactivity Index (Davis, 1980) and STAXI – C/A– State - Trait Anger Expression Inventory – 2 For Children and Adolescents (Spielberger, 1999). The results of the research show that there is a positive correlation between anger expression index and internal behavioral problems (value of p is 0.00) and external behavioral problems (value of p is 0.00). Internal behavioral problems also correlate with anger as a state (value of p is 0.00), anger as a trait (value of p is 0.00), internal (value of p is 0.00) and external (value of p is 0.00) anger expression, internal anger control (value of p is 0.02). External behavioral problems correlate with anger as a state (value of p is 0.00), anger as a trait (value of p is 0.00) and external anger expression (value of p is 0.00). There was estimated a negative correlation between adolescents’ anger as a state and their competence (value of p is 0.02). A positive correlation estimated between external anger expression and social activity (value of p is 0.01). A positive correlation also estimated between internal anger control and learning (value of p is 0.03). Anger of adolescents is also related with demographical characteristics. Adolescents from city have a higher anger as a trait than adolescents from district have (value of p is 0.02). Also boys have a lower anger as a trait than girls have (value of p is 0.04). The ways of adolescents’ anger expression didn’t depend on adolescents’ parents education. The hypothesis that the general level of anger and the ways of anger expression are related with empathy was proven. There was estimated a negative correlation between adolescents’ anger expression index and their perspective taking (value of p is 0.02). Perspective taking is also negatively correlated with anger as a state (value of p is 0.00), anger as a trait (value of p is 0.01) and external anger expression (value of p is 0.00). Perspective taking is positively correlated with external anger control (value of p is 0.02) and internal anger control (value of p is 0.02). Empathy index has a negative correlation with anger as a state (value of p is 0.01) and external anger expression (value of p is 0.01).Švietimo akademijaVytauto Didžiojo universiteta