Abstract:

This study examines the relationships between seventh- and eighth-grade students’ trait anger level and anger expression styles, on the one hand, and their emotional intelligence and self-compassion levels, on the other. The study sample consisted of 624 students, of which 339 were female and 285 were male. Research was carried out in two public schools located in a large metropole in the Aegean region of Turkey. Data were collected using the Anger Expression Style Scale, the Bar-On Emotional Intelligence Scale Child and Adolescent Form, and the Self-Compassion Scale and then analyzed using SPSS 21. We discovered a negative relationship between adolescents’ self-compassion and emotional intelligence levels and their trait anger, anger-in and anger-out variables. Beyond this, we found a positive, significant relationship between angercontrol mean scores. The regression analysis conducted as part of our study revealed that self-compassion and emotional intelligence negatively predicted adolescents’ trait anger, anger-in, and anger-out variables in the first and second steps, respectively. On the other hand, we discovered that self-compassion and emotional intelligence positively predicted anger control in the first and second steps, respectively. After comparing our findings with those of previous studies in the literature, we discussed the similarities and differences between them.

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