Arg och orolig? : En studie om ilska, personlighet och stress bland studenter på Växjö universitet.

Arg och orolig? : En studie om ilska, personlighet och stress bland studenter på Växjö universitet.

The aim of the present study was to investigate the connection between anger, personality, stress and gender in 165 students from Växjö University. Previous research has shown that anger is a common negative emotion that occurs in every human being, regardless gender. Anger correlates positively wit...

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Main Authors: Tharmakulanathan, Aruna, Schön, Maria
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Växjö universitet, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap 2007
Subjects:
Anger
aggression
neuroticism
personality
stress
support
gender
Psychology
Psykologi
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-1587
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-vxu-15872013-01-08T13:22:57ZArg och orolig? : En studie om ilska, personlighet och stress bland studenter på Växjö universitet.engTharmakulanathan, ArunaSchön, MariaVäxjö universitet, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskapVäxjö universitet, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap2007AngeraggressionneuroticismpersonalitystresssupportgenderPsychologyPsykologiThe aim of the present study was to investigate the connection between anger, personality, stress and gender in 165 students from Växjö University. Previous research has shown that anger is a common negative emotion that occurs in every human being, regardless gender. Anger correlates positively with neuroticism and affects physical and psychological well-being. The questionnaire contained State-Trait Anger Scale (STAXI-2-S), Eysenck´s Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) and the Demand-Control-Support model (DCS). The result showed that there was a significant relation between neuroticism and anger. Anger also correlated positively with support but there were no gender differences in any level of anger. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-1587application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic Anger
aggression
neuroticism
personality
stress
support
gender
Psychology
Psykologi
spellingShingle Anger
aggression
neuroticism
personality
stress
support
gender
Psychology
Psykologi
Tharmakulanathan, Aruna
Schön, Maria
Arg och orolig? : En studie om ilska, personlighet och stress bland studenter på Växjö universitet.
description The aim of the present study was to investigate the connection between anger, personality, stress and gender in 165 students from Växjö University. Previous research has shown that anger is a common negative emotion that occurs in every human being, regardless gender. Anger correlates positively with neuroticism and affects physical and psychological well-being. The questionnaire contained State-Trait Anger Scale (STAXI-2-S), Eysenck´s Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) and the Demand-Control-Support model (DCS). The result showed that there was a significant relation between neuroticism and anger. Anger also correlated positively with support but there were no gender differences in any level of anger.
author Tharmakulanathan, Aruna
Schön, Maria
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Schön, Maria
author_sort Tharmakulanathan, Aruna
title Arg och orolig? : En studie om ilska, personlighet och stress bland studenter på Växjö universitet.
title_short Arg och orolig? : En studie om ilska, personlighet och stress bland studenter på Växjö universitet.
title_full Arg och orolig? : En studie om ilska, personlighet och stress bland studenter på Växjö universitet.
title_fullStr Arg och orolig? : En studie om ilska, personlighet och stress bland studenter på Växjö universitet.
title_full_unstemmed Arg och orolig? : En studie om ilska, personlighet och stress bland studenter på Växjö universitet.
title_sort arg och orolig? : en studie om ilska, personlighet och stress bland studenter på växjö universitet.
publisher Växjö universitet, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap
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