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Article: Relationship of anger, stress, and coping with school connectedness in fourth-grade children.(Research Article)(Report)
- Article from:
- Journal of School Health
- Article date:
- March 1, 2008
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High trait anger and stress, ineffective patterns of anger expression, and coping are risk factors for the development of disease and negative social behaviors in children and adults. While the presence of these psychobehavioral risk factors is linked to hypertension, (1,2) cancer, (3) and asthma (4) in adults, more immediate health and behavioral outcomes in children are increased blood pressure levels, (5,6) respiratory illnesses, (7) suicide, (8) and overweight, (9) as well as negative social behaviors such as bullying and aggressiveness. (10) Because of the negative effects of these psychobehavioral risk factors on the health and well-being of both children and adults, ...