Anger, Anger Expressions and Strategies Adopted for Anger Management

Abstract

Background : Anger is a basic human emotion that is experienced by all people. Typically triggered by an emotional hurt, anger is usually experienced as an unpleasant feeling that occurs when we think we have been injured, mistreated, opposed in our long-held views, or when we are faced with obstacles that keep us from reaching personal goals.1 Methodology : Researcher adopted quantitative research technique to attain the study's goals technique.  During this inquiry, the researchers utilized nursing students of Rattan Professional Education College, Mohali Punjab. It investigates and assesses the anger, anger expressions and strategies adopted for anger management among students of selected nursing institution. The total population of present study was 144 B.Sc Nursing Students of selected nursing institution of Mohali. In this study Non-probability purposive sampling are used. Results : Majority of Nursing students i.e. 81(56.3%) were showing mild anger, 33(22.9%) Nursing students were showing moderate anger, 27(18.8%) Nursing students were never showing anger, only 3(2.1%) Nursing students were showing severe anger. Majority of nursing students using anger out way to express their anger 79.17%, 63.74% anger in, 60.50% anger control. The strategies adopted by the nursing students i.e. constructive and destructive strategies. Mostly nursing students adopted i.e. 78.45% destructive way to manage their anger and 73.23% nursing students adopted constructive way to manage their anger. The difference between class and strategies adopted to manage anger was found statistically significant at p<0.05 level. Hence, it was inferred that class of Nursing students had impact on strategies adopted to manage anger. Conclusions : In the present study 144 nursing students participated. The findings of the study revealed that majority of nursing students show mild level of anger, mostly students show anger out ways of anger expression and mostly students use destructive way to manage their anger.