@article{ref1,
title="Association of perceived inequality, relative deprivation and loneliness with the trajectory of anger in university students",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="2022",
author="Jeong, Donghee and Shim, Eun-Jung",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To examine the trajectory of anger and its psychosocial predictors (i.e., perceived social inequality, relative deprivation, and loneliness) as well as its association with anxiety and depression. PARTICIPANTS/METHOD: Students (N = 365) completed an online survey three times over a one-year period. <br><br>RESULTS: Three trajectories of anger were identified by growth mixture modeling: low/stable (i.e., a low and stable anger over time; 88.0%), low/increasing (i.e., a low level of anger with an increasing trend; 6.7%), and moderate/decreasing class (i.e., a moderate level of anger with a decreasing trend; 5.3%). A greater perception of relative deprivation, but not of perceived social inequality, was associated with the low/increasing class. A greater level of loneliness was associated with the moderate/decreasing class. Symptoms of depression and anxiety were higher in the moderate/decreasing and low/increasing class than in the low/stable class. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that interventions targeted at anger may benefit from addressing perceptions of relative deprivation and loneliness.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.1080/07448481.2022.2089840",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2089840"
}