Assessment of Trait Anger among Male and Female College Students in India

The current research aims to study trait anger among male and female college students. College life is composed of different stressful situations. Several investigators have attempted to study young adults particularly college students in terms of their stresses. The present study considered 40 male and 40 female college students from Government Degree College, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India. Age range of both the student groups ranged from 20-22 years. Age range of both the student groups ranged from 20 – 22 years. Mean age of male and female students was 21.05 and 20.08 respectively. All of these students had and urban and semi – urban idle class socioeconomic background and were unmarried. All the students were studying in the third year of B. Sc (Bachelor of Science) course in Degree College Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India. The data was collected through the “Personal Information Form”, “State Trait Anger Expression Index (STAXI)”. The t – test was used to compare the means of the two groups. The results showed that there was no significant difference between these two groups (Male and Female) with regards to trait anger. The group effect of the anger-in scores were found to be on significant levels. As such, anger-in scores of individuals living in the dormitories were found to be higher than those of individuals living in homes.