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Anger expression, violent behavior, and symptoms of depression among male college students in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Depression is an important global public health problem. Given the scarcity of studies involving African youths, this study was conducted to evaluate the associations of anger expression and violent behavior with symptoms of depression among male college students. METHODS: A self-adminis...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2651168/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19138431 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-13 |
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author | Terasaki, Dale J Gelaye, Bizu Berhane, Yemane Williams, Michelle A |
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description | BACKGROUND: Depression is an important global public health problem. Given the scarcity of studies involving African youths, this study was conducted to evaluate the associations of anger expression and violent behavior with symptoms of depression among male college students. METHODS: A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information on socio-demographic and lifestyle characteristics and violent behavior among 1,176 college students in Awassa, Ethiopia in June, 2006. The questionnaire incorporated the Spielberger Anger-Out Expression (SAOE) scale and symptoms of depression were evaluated using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). Multivariable logistic regression procedures were used to calculate adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI). RESULTS: Symptoms of depression were evident in 23.6% of participants. Some 54.3% of students reported committing at least one act of violence in the current academic year; and 29.3% of students reported high (SAOE score ≥ 15) levels of anger-expression. In multivariate analysis, moderate (OR = 1.97; 95%CI 1.33–2.93) and high (OR = 3.23; 95%CI 2.14–4.88) outward anger were statistically significantly associated with increased risks of depressive symptoms. Violent behavior was noted to be associated with depressive symptoms (OR = 1.82; 95%CI 1.37–2.40). CONCLUSION: Further research should be conducted to better characterize community and individual level determinants of anger-expression, violent behavior and depression among youths. |
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spelling | pubmed-26511682009-03-05 Anger expression, violent behavior, and symptoms of depression among male college students in Ethiopia Terasaki, Dale J Gelaye, Bizu Berhane, Yemane Williams, Michelle A BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Depression is an important global public health problem. Given the scarcity of studies involving African youths, this study was conducted to evaluate the associations of anger expression and violent behavior with symptoms of depression among male college students. METHODS: A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information on socio-demographic and lifestyle characteristics and violent behavior among 1,176 college students in Awassa, Ethiopia in June, 2006. The questionnaire incorporated the Spielberger Anger-Out Expression (SAOE) scale and symptoms of depression were evaluated using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). Multivariable logistic regression procedures were used to calculate adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI). RESULTS: Symptoms of depression were evident in 23.6% of participants. Some 54.3% of students reported committing at least one act of violence in the current academic year; and 29.3% of students reported high (SAOE score ≥ 15) levels of anger-expression. In multivariate analysis, moderate (OR = 1.97; 95%CI 1.33–2.93) and high (OR = 3.23; 95%CI 2.14–4.88) outward anger were statistically significantly associated with increased risks of depressive symptoms. Violent behavior was noted to be associated with depressive symptoms (OR = 1.82; 95%CI 1.37–2.40). CONCLUSION: Further research should be conducted to better characterize community and individual level determinants of anger-expression, violent behavior and depression among youths. BioMed Central 2009-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC2651168/ /pubmed/19138431 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-13 Text en Copyright © 2009 Terasaki et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Terasaki, Dale J Gelaye, Bizu Berhane, Yemane Williams, Michelle A Anger expression, violent behavior, and symptoms of depression among male college students in Ethiopia |
title | Anger expression, violent behavior, and symptoms of depression among male college students in Ethiopia |
title_full | Anger expression, violent behavior, and symptoms of depression among male college students in Ethiopia |
title_fullStr | Anger expression, violent behavior, and symptoms of depression among male college students in Ethiopia |
title_full_unstemmed | Anger expression, violent behavior, and symptoms of depression among male college students in Ethiopia |
title_short | Anger expression, violent behavior, and symptoms of depression among male college students in Ethiopia |
title_sort | anger expression, violent behavior, and symptoms of depression among male college students in ethiopia |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2651168/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19138431 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-13 |
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