TY - THES TY - BOOK T1 - The association between socio-demographic characteristics with anger among medical students of Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2013 A1 - Wong, Shi Yie A2 - Muhammad Hariz Ab Razak. LA - English UL - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/58366 AB - Introduction: Anger is an emotion useful for human survival, at a mild level for a temporary period. However, it may cause harm if it occurs continuously with poor control, especially among medical doctors. In Malaysia, there is a growing number of reports about the misconduct and aggressive behaviour of health care workers, including housemen and medical doctors, proving a need to explore the issue among current medical trainees. The relationship between anger and mental illness is established in literature worldwide. Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the association between socio-demographic characteristics with anger among medical students in the Universiti Putra Malaysia. Method: This study is a cross-sectional study in which the stratified random sampling method was used. A booklet including two questionnaires, the Novaco Anger Inventory and the State and Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2, was distributed. The prevalence of characteristics of anger was analysed with descriptive statistics. In order to determine the association between socio-demographic characteristics with anger, the Independents T-Test and the One-Way ANOVA were used for normally distributed data, while the Mann-Whitey U test and the Kruskal-Wallis test were used for skewed data. Results: The data was analysed using SPSS version 21. The results showed a significant ciation between gender (p= 0.015) and intensity of anger. Moreover, results showed a significant association between gender and trait anger levels (p=0.003). For anger expression and control, the results showed significant associations between year of study (p= 0.028) and gender (p=0.015), with anger expression and control. Conclusion: A significant association between year of study and anger expression and control was determined. There is a significant association between gender and intensity of anger, trait anger levels, and anger expression and control. Keywords: State Anger, Trait Anger, Novaco Inventory, Medical Students, Malaysia NO - A second year (Package 11) project disssertation. CN - FPSK1 2013 55 ER -