Examining continuous anger and anger expression styles according to the perceived social support level of high school students

ABSTRACT EXAMINING CONTINUOUS ANGER AND ANGER EXPRESSION STYLES ACCORDING TO THE PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT LEVEL OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Fatih AYNA Master Thesis, Department of Educational Sciences Advisor: Assist Prof Dr Sabahattin ÇAM June 2013, 52 pages The continuous anger and anger expression styles were examined according to the perceived social support level of high school students. 365 girls and 147 boys; totally 712 students participated in the study. In order to determine the perceived social support of students taking part in the study Perceived Social Support Scale (ASD.-R) developed by Yıldırım (2004a) was utilised. With the aim of measuring continuous anger and anger expression style Continuous Anger and Anger Expression Style Scale which was developed by Spielberger and adapted to Turkish by Özer (1994) were used. The data were analysed through SPSS 11.5 Statistical program. With a view to determine if there is difference between continuous anger and expression styles according to perceived social support level of students One-way Analysis of Variance was conducted. According to the results, as perceived social support level rises the continuous anger mean score decreases. It was seen that there is a meaningful difference among mean scores of level anger inside, anger outside, and management of control according to the perceived social support level. Key words : Perceived Social Support, Anger, Anger Expression Style