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Psychiatric Inpatient Children's Family Perceptions And Anger Expression

JAVAD H. KASHANI, MD, is a professor of psychiatry, psychology, and pediatrics, and director of child and adolescent services at Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center. His research interests are internalizing disorders and well-adjusted children.

Stephen M. Soltys

STEPHEN M. SOLTYS, MD, is an associate professor of psychiatry and medical director at Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center. His research interests include disruptive behavior disorders and health policies.

Lori A. Canfield

LORI A. CANFIELD is a doctoral student and a research assistant. She received her MA in clinical psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Her areas of primary research focus are personality disorders and memory for traumatic events.

John C. Reid

JOHN C. REID, PhD, is a professor of education and psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. His main areas of research interest are education and psychiatry, and neural networks.

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between children's perceptions of family functioning and their reported styles of anger expression. The subjects were 100 child psychiatric inpatients, ages 6 to 12 years. Children's perceptions of family functioning, social support, and anger styles were measured. Children with high and low scores on each of three anger expression scales were compared to determine whether they differed on measures of family functioning and social support. Those who reported externalizing their anger rated their families significantly lower on accord and reported poorer social support. Children who said they held in their anger rated their families significantly higher on pride and cohesiveness and reported significantly more available social support. These data demonstrate a relationship between children's perceptions of family functioning and their modes of anger expression.

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Vol. 3, No. 1, 13-18 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/106342669500300102


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