TY - JOUR
T1 - Anger and children’s health
T2 - Differentiating role of inward versus outward expressed anger on sleep, medical service utilization, and mental health
AU - Kidwell, Katherine M.
AU - Van Dyk, Tori R.
AU - Guenther, Kassie D.
AU - Nelson, Timothy D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2016/7/2
Y1 - 2016/7/2
N2 - Objective: To examine the differential associations between children’s anger expression styles and selected health constructs. Method: Measures assessed sleep problems, medical service utilization, and mental health in 125 children (M = 9.48 years). Results: Anger expression styles predicted health outcomes in a multivariate model. As hypothesized, anger-out significantly predicted sleep problems, number of medical visits, externalizing problems, and internalizing problems. Anger-in was not significantly related to any health outcome measure. Conclusion: This study demonstrates the importance of anger expression styles for health, as they are differentially related to impairments. Clinicians are urged to recognize anger problems to broadly impact children’s health.
AB - Objective: To examine the differential associations between children’s anger expression styles and selected health constructs. Method: Measures assessed sleep problems, medical service utilization, and mental health in 125 children (M = 9.48 years). Results: Anger expression styles predicted health outcomes in a multivariate model. As hypothesized, anger-out significantly predicted sleep problems, number of medical visits, externalizing problems, and internalizing problems. Anger-in was not significantly related to any health outcome measure. Conclusion: This study demonstrates the importance of anger expression styles for health, as they are differentially related to impairments. Clinicians are urged to recognize anger problems to broadly impact children’s health.
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U2 - 10.1080/02739615.2015.1038680
DO - 10.1080/02739615.2015.1038680
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84961216365
SN - 0273-9615
VL - 45
SP - 342
EP - 358
JO - children's health care
JF - children's health care
IS - 3
ER -