Evaluation of Anger in Teachers of Primary Schools in the Sanandaj City, Iran

Anger may be a fleeting wrath or discomfort. Anger is one of the most important innate excitements that can
affect an individual’s physical and mental health. Anger is any behavior directed toward another individual that is done with
immediate willing to harm others. It affects academic learning and emotional development of students and can damage the
space of education in school and if continue, students may precipitate with extreme violence in the future. The aim of this study
was to determine anger in teachers of primary schools.
Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive-analytic study that carried out on 283 teachers (139 teachers of boy’s school
and 144 teachers of girl’s school). The sampling method of this study was randomization of teachers list obtained from education
office. The data collecting instruments were standard questionnaire, State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory. The data were
analyzed using SPSS version 20 and R software.
Results: The results showed that the mean age of teachers was 41.90 ± 22.69 years. The highest frequency in terms of the
level of education was related to bachelor’s degree with 50 teachers (17.67%). The highest mean of the outer and inner anger
was related to the teachers of schools. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between the outer and inner
anger (P < 0.01).
Conclusion: Given that trait anger is directly related to incidence of anger and considering that the mean scores were more than
optimal level, it is needed to retrain teachers about how to teach without anger