Effects of Anger Types on Happiness among Nursing Students: The Mediating Role of Resilience

This study aimed to verify the mediating effect of resilience on the relationship between anger expression types and happiness among nursing students.Data were collected from 129 nursing students from June 1 to June 30, 2026.Statistical analyses were performed using version SPSS 30.0 using t-tests, one-way ANOVA, and multiple regression.The results indicated that anger-in was related to gender (t=-2.68,p<.05), anger-control was related to religion (t=2.27,p<.05), and resilience was related to health.Pregnancy (F=8.80,p<.001), happiness was related to gender (t=3.28,p<.01) and health status (F=10.26,p<.001).Anger-in was positively correlated with anger-out (r=.48, p<.001) and anger-control (r=.20, p<.05), but negatively correlated with resilience (r=-.19,p<.05) and happiness (r=-.34,p<.001).Anger-out showed a significant negative correlation with anger-control (r=-.29,p<.001) and happiness (r=-.22,p<.05).In contrast, anger-control was positively correlated with resilience (r=.32, p<.001), and resilience exhibited a strong positive correlation with happiness (r=.60, p<.001).The mediating effect of resilience in the relationship between anger types and happiness was statistically significant (β=7.26,p<.001).The model's explanatory power, represented by the adjusted R-squared, was 43.5% (F=21.24,p<.001).The findings suggest that to enhance nursing students' happiness, it is essential to develop interventions that focus on anger-control and anger-in, which ultimately strengthen resilience.