A Study of Children s Anger-Expression Styles: A Q-Methodological Approach Department of Child & Family Studies, Kyungpook National University Lecturer : Hye Ju Jang Department of Child & Family StudiesCBA(center for beautiful aging), Kyungpook National University Full-time LecturerResearch Associate : Ji Young Lim <Abstract> The purpose of this study was to identify children s different styles of anger-expression and the characteristics of each anger-expression style. The Q-methodology with a 32 Q-sample was used to investigate and analyze the subjective expression of childrens s anger experiences. The subjects were 22 children living in D city, and the data were collected by means of interviews. The analysis revealed six styles of anger-expression, a solution which accounted for 65.13% of the total variance. The six styles were labeled Patience type, Avoidance-conversion type, Reaction-seek type, Control type, Repression type, and Conversion-consideration type. It was recommended that intervention strategies for children s appropriate anger-expression mode should be based on these six anger-expression styles. (children), (anger), (anger-expression style), Q-(Q-methodology) Corresponding Author : Ji Young Lim, Department of Child and Family Studies, College of Human Ecology, Kyungpook National University, 1370 Sankyuk Dong, Puk-ku, Daegu, 702-701, Korea Tel: +82-53-950-6211 Fax: +82-53-950-6209 E-mail: limj@knu.ac.kr - 11 -
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