Citation

Katsumata Y. Shinrigaku Kenkyu 2015; 86(4): 313-322.

Vernacular Title

自己への怒りが反芻と精神的健康に及ぼす影響

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Japanese Psychological Association, Publisher University of Tokyo Press)

DOI

10.4992/jjpsy.86.14049

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study investigated the effects of self-anger on rumination and mental health (depression and anxiety). In study 1, a scale to measure self-anger was developed by the review of previous studies and survey interviews. Exploratory factor analysis identified one factor of self-anger. The reliability and validity of the scale were confirmed by internal consistency measures and correlations with other anger-related scales. In study 2, which used the self-anger scale developed in study 1, undergraduate and graduate students completed a set of scales to measure self-anger, rumination, depression, anxiety, and five-factor personality traits. The results of mediation analysis indicated that self-anger effects depression and anxiety directly or through mediating rumination excluding the effect of sex and neuroticism. Finally, the possibility that self-anger management leads to the reduction of rumination and improvement of mental health was discussed.

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