Cross-cultural study of stress and anger

In order to compare Iranian and Indian students on stress and anger, data was collected from 200 (males and females) Iranian students and 200 (males and females) Indian students using state-trait anger expression index developed by Spielberger (1999) and Daily Hassles Checklist developed by Lazarus & Folkman (1989). Mann-Whitney U test showed that there was significant difference on stress intensity (Mann-Whitney U=3.22, p<.01) with Iranian females scoring higher than Indian females, among males no significant difference was found on stress. On state-trait anger expression there was significant difference on anger expression index (Mann-Whitney U=4.42, p<.01) with Iranian females scoring higher. In anger control-out (Mann-Whitney U=3.91, P<.001) and anger control-in (Mann-Whitney U=4.06, P<.001) Indian females scored higher. Iranian male students scored higher on anger expression index (Mann-Whitney U=2.28, P<.05) than Indian students and Indian males scored significantly higher than Iranian on anger control-out (Mann-Whitney U=3.88, P<.001), respectively. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.