Abstract
The current research aims to study trait anger among male and female college students. The current research participants included a total of 80 (40 male and 40 Female). Age range of both the student groups ranged from 20 – 22 years. Mean age of male and female students was 21.05 and 20.08 respectively. All of these students had and urban and semi – urban idle class socioeconomic background and were unmarried. All the students were studying in the third year of B. Sc (Bachelor of Science) course in Degree College Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India. The data was collected through the “Personal Information Form”, “State Trait Anger Expression Index (STAXI)”. The t – test was used to compare the means of the two groups. The results showed that there was no significant difference between these two groups (Male and Female) with regards to trait anger.
Highlights
Trait anger is described as a dispositional characteristic where one experiences frequent anger, with varying intensity and is often accompanied by related negative emotions such as envy, resentment, hate & disgust
Bilge F. and Saltuk S. (2007) compared college students subjective well – being, trait anger and trait anxiety according to their style of humors, to assess these variables
The means of subjective well – being, trait anger and anxiety scores of the higher and lower groups of 27% categorized according to the scores received from the affiliative, self-enhancing, aggressive and self-defeating humor styles were higher whereas their trait anger and anxiety scores were lower
Summary
Trait anger is described as a dispositional characteristic where one experiences frequent anger, with varying intensity (e.g., mild irritability, intense rage) and is often accompanied by related negative emotions such as envy, resentment, hate & disgust (2007) compared college students subjective well – being, trait anger and trait anxiety according to their style of humors, to assess these variables. The means of subjective well – being, trait anger and anxiety scores of the higher and lower groups of 27% categorized according to the scores received from the affiliative, self-enhancing, aggressive and self-defeating humor styles were higher whereas their trait anger and anxiety scores were lower. (Anger, Hostility and Aggressive behavior) syndrome to somatic complaint reports in male and female college students drawn from three countries. (1959) examined the emotion of anger, aggression and hostility has been widely observed among college male – female students. Majority of the studies demonstrated that subjective well – being of students who were using affiliative and self – enhancing humor styles were higher whereas their trait anger and anxiety scores were lower. Reviews indicated that anger is an important negative emotion in well -being; this variable has not been explored adequately across population especially among students
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