School Anger and Loneliness Among High School Students

Abstract

In this study, school anger dimensions among adolescents were examined in terms of loneliness according to gender and grade levels. The study was conducted on a total of 398 high school students, 217 of whom were female and 181 were male. The data of the study were collected through the Multidimensional School Anger Inventory and Ucla Loneliness Scale. Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) was used for data anaysis. Findings show that anger experiences and hostility levels of high school students do not vary significantly according to the loneliness levels in the school environment, but destructive expression of the anger and levels of coping with the anger positively vary significantly. Accordingly, those with high level of loneliness express their angers in the school environment in a more destructive way compared to those with low level of loneliness, and they can cope with their angers positively in a lower level. Anger experience levels of female students with high level of loneliness are significantly higher compared to the male students with high level of loneliness. However, it was found out that according to the loneliness levels other dimensions of school anger (hostility, destructive expression and positive copping) do not vary in accordance with the gender. Another finding of the study indicates that 11th grade students with high level of loneliness tend to express their anger in the school environment in a more destructive ways compared to students in 9th and 10th grades.