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KMID : 1022520070110010021
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Journal of Play Therapy
2007 Volume.11 No. 1 p.21 ~ p.35
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The relationship between children’s attribution styles and anger expression modes in accordance with their levels of depression
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Lee Mi-Young
Kim Jung-Min
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to investigate children’s attribution styles and anger expression modes in accordance with their levels of depression, and to examine the relative influences of children’s attribution styles on their anger expression modes according to the levels of depression. 322 children from grades 5 and 6 in two elementary schools participated in the study. They were measured on the levels of depression, attribution styles, and anger expression modes. Collected data were analyzed by SPSS WIN 12.0 for reliability, frequency, one way ANOVA, Scheffé test, Pearson’s correlation, and hierarchical regression. Major findings of the research are as follows: First, children’s attribution styles differed by their levels of depression. Children with higher levels of depression were more likely to attribute their success to fortune or the degree of difficulty in task, whereas children with lower levels of depression were more likely to attribute their success to ability or effort. Second, children’s anger expression modes differed by their levels of depression. Children with higher levels of depression were more likely to use anger inhibition or anger expression. Third, the relative influences of children’s attribution styles on their anger expression modes differed by their levels of depression. When children with higher levels of depression attributed their failure to lack of ability, they were more likely to use anger inhibition or anger expression.
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KEYWORD
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anger expression mode, attribution style, depressive child
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