Examination of the relationship between university students' angry expressions, stress level and life satisfied

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the anger expression styles of young adults and their stress levels and life satisfaction levels. This study is a survey model descriptive research. 585 undergraduate students (320 Faculty of Education and 265 Faculty of Health Sciences) studying at Pamukkale University Educational Sciences and Health Sciences in the 2020-2021 academic year were included in the study. The students participating in the research are between the ages of 17-26. 399 students are female and 186 are male. 190 of the participants were in the 1st, 163 in the 2nd, 117 in the 3rd and 115 in the 4th grade. Considering the academic achievements of the participants; 60 students have a perception of failure, 327 have an average perception of success, and 198 have a perception of success. The family income level of the majority of the participants is medium (458, 78.3%). Considering the educational status of the mother; It was found that 178 mothers were primary school, 270 high school and 137 university level. Considering the father's educational status; It was determined that 90 of their fathers were at primary school level, 261 at high school level and 234 at university level. 218 of the participants spend 1000 TL or less monthly, 205 spend between 1000-1500 TL, 162 spend 1500 TL and above. Demographic Information Form, Trait Anger and Anger Expression Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, and Life Satisfaction Scale were used in the study. SPSS 25.0 package program was used in computer environment to analyze the obtained data. According to the findings obtained as a result of the research, a negative and low-level significant relationship was found between life satisfaction and perceived stress and insufficient self-efficacy sub-dimensions. No significant relationship was found between life satisfaction and trait anger and anger expression styles. A positive and low-level significant relationship was determined between the inadequate self-efficacy sub-dimension of perceived stress and anger expression and anger control. A negative correlation was found between the perceived stress total score and trait anger, and a low level of positive correlation between anger expression. There was a positive relationship between trait anger and anger-in, and a low-level negative relationship between anger control and anger-in and anger-out.