Purpose: This study was designed to construct a structural model for explaining negative outcomes of anger in female adolescents.
Method: Data was collected by questionnaires from 199 female adolescents ina female high school in Seoul. Data analysis was done with SAS for descriptive statistics and a PC-LISREL Program for Covariance structural analysis.
Result: The fit of the hypothetical model to the data was moderate, thus it was modified by excluding 7 paths and adding free parameters to it. The modified model withthe paths showed a good fit to the empirical data(χ2 =5.62, p=.69, GFI=.99, AGFI=.97, NFI=.99, NNFI=1.01, RMSR=.02, RMSEA=.00). Trait anger, state anger, and psychosocial problems were found to have a significant direct effect on psychosomatic symptoms. State anger, psychosocial problems, and learning behaviorswere found to have direct effects on depression of female adolescents.
Conclusion: The derived modelis considered appropriate for explaining and predicting negative outcomes of anger in female dolescents. Therefore, it can effectively be used as a reference model for further studies and is a suggested direction in nursing practice
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