TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Association of perceived inequality, relative deprivation and loneliness with the trajectory of anger in university students
JO  - Journal of American college health
A1  - Jeong, Donghee
A1  - Shim, Eun-Jung
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0744-8481
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2089840
ID  - ref1
ER  -