The Effect of Interpersonal Competence on Anger and Risk Factors of Korean Health College Students

한국 보건계열 대학생의 대인관계능력이 분노 및 위험요인에 미치는 영향

(Purpose) Interpersonal competence depend on how anger is appropriately expressed. Appropriate interpersonal competence play a role in alerting the other person to his wrong doing and improving the relation. Meanwhile, risk factors is the state of undesirable or negative results from individual or environmental characteristics associated with in adjustment. Risk factors can be said to play a role in increasing the likelihood of negative results. In this study, the effect of the interpersonal competence of students majoring in health-related studies in the college on factors of anger and risk has been reviewed to provide a basic set of data that can be used in developing a program to improve interpersonal skills. (Design/methodology/approach) From March 1 to March 30, 2022, data were collected from 250 college students majoring in health-related studies who understood this study's objectives and gave their consent to participate in this study. Data were analyzed by applying descriptive analysis, Cronbach alpha test, Pearson correlation coefficients, and multiple regression analysis using the SPSS/WIN 21.0 program. (Finding) The size of the correlations with interpersonal skills was as follows, in descending order: status anger (r=-0.174), characteristics anger(r=-0.122), anger moderation (r=0.220), and anger suppression (r=-0.176) respectively. There was a statistically significant correlation at a confidence level of 99%. A higher level of interpersonal skills in Korean students majoring in health-related subjects was associated with higher anger moderation skills. Appropriate anger moderation can be an effective strategy to improve the adjustment of students majoring in health-related subjects to their college life. (Research implications or Originality) The findings in this study indicate that training and education are required to improve interpersonal skills in students majoring health-related subjects so that they can form positive and intimate personal relationships.