Anger, Marital Satisfaction, and Coronary Heart Disease

The present study examined the association of several aspects of anger experience and expression with marital satisfaction in one hundred and eighty seven coronary heart disease (CHD) patients and their spouses. Anger and marital satisfaction were measured by the Korean adaptation of the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI-K, Chon, Hahn, & Lee, 1998), and a short version of the Marital Satisfaction Scale (Lee, 1998), respectively. Regression analyses revealed that higher levels of CHD patients’ anger-out predicted lower levels of spouses’ marital satisfaction, and CHD patients’ state anger predicted lower levels of their own marital satisfaction. In contrast, higher levels of CHD patients’ anger-control predicted higher levels of spouses’ marital satisfaction. In addition, higher levels of spouses’ state anger predicted lower levels of CHD patients’ and spouses’ own marital satisfaction, and spouses’ anger-in predicted lower levels of their own marital satisfaction. These associations were stronger for female patients than for males. The results suggest that models of psychosocial risk factors for CHD should consider the combined effects of personality and relationship variables. Finally, the findings were discussed from a cross-cultural perspective, and some implications for future studies are suggested.

keywords: 분노, 관상동맥 질환, 결혼만족, anger, coronary heart disease, marital satisfaction, anger, coronary heart disease, marital satisfaction

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Vol.9 No.2

Anger, Marital Satisfaction, and Coronary Heart Disease

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