Date of Award

1999

Degree Name

Nursing

College

College of Health Professions

Type of Degree

M.S.N.

Document Type

Thesis

First Advisor

Judith P. Sortet

Second Advisor

Leonard J. Deutsch

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between anxiety and anger with depression in women with heart disease. A sample of 50 women participating in cardiac rehabilitation programs in Charleston, WV and Huntington, WV was used to evaluate the inter-relationship of suppressed, expressed, state and trait anger, state and trait anxiety and depression. This non-experimental, descriptive designed study was evaluated by using multiple linear regression and regression coefficients analyzed for the anger and anxiety scores and their interaction. Depression was measured by the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II). Anxiety and anger were measured by Spielberger’s State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and State-Trait Anger Expression Scale (STAXI). The study tested two hypotheses. The first hypothesis stated that there would be a significant positive correlation between suppressed anger scores and depression scores. The second hypothesis stated that there would be a significant positive correlation between trait anxiety scores and depression scores. Of the two original hypotheses, suppressed anger scores significantly positively correlated with depression scores. Instead, of trait anxiety, state anxiety scores significantly positively correlated with depression scores. The significant positive relationship of state anxiety scores and suppressed anger scores with depressions scores supports earlier results by Frasure-Smith, et al. 1995 and suggests that suppressed anger as a correlate to depression is an emotion which needs attention in women with heart disease.

Subject(s)

Heart diseases in women – Psychological aspects.

Depression in women – Diagnosis.

Heart – Diseases – Patients – Rehabilitation – West Virginia – Charleston.

Heart – Diseases – Patients – Rehabilitation – West Virginia – Huntington.

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