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Sex Differences in the Relationship of Anger and Depression: An Empirical Study
Author(s) -
Newman Jody L.,
Gray Elizabeth A.,
Fuqua Dale R.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1999.tb02440.x
Subject(s) - anger , psychology , depression (economics) , empirical research , clinical psychology , social psychology , developmental psychology , mathematics , economics , macroeconomics , statistics
A comparison of mean scores on the Beck Depression Inventory and State‐Trait Anger Expression Inventory scales revealed that women scored significantly higher than men on depression, whereas there were no significant differences on any of the 6 anger scales. Separate multiple regression analyses revealed that there were statistically significant relationships between the linear combination of anger scales and depression for both groups. A comparison of zero‐order correlations of depression with the anger scales revealed that Anger‐In correlated significantly more highly with depression among women than men. Finally Anger‐In correlated significantly with 4 of the 5 other anger scales for women, but only with one for men.