About half of the South Korean population seems to be suffering from long-term repressed anger issues, with nearly 1 in 10 being severe cases, a local study revealed Tuesday indicated. You Myoung-soon, a professor in Seoul National University's Graduate School of Public Health, conducted a study on the social and psychological well-being of Korean nationals, based on the survey her team conducted of 1,024 adults...

About half of the South Korean population seems to be suffering from long-term repressed anger issues, with nearly 1 in 10 being severe cases, a local study revealed Tuesday indicated.

You Myoung-soon, a professor in Seoul National University’s Graduate School of Public Health, conducted a study on the social and psychological well-being of Korean nationals, based on the survey her team conducted of 1,024 adults June 12-14. The team asked the respondents to rank their level of pent-up anger on a scale of 1 to 4. In the results, 1.6 to 2.4 were categorized as having a “moderate” level of repressed anger, 2.5 and over were categorized as having a “high” level, and anyone who scored over 1.6 was deemed as having long-term, chronic anger issues.

The study showed that 49.2 percent of the respondents were in a state of long-term repressed rage, as 39.9 percent scored between 1.6 to 2.4 and 9.3 percent scored 2.5 or above. …

The researchers found a significant correlation between age groups and the tendency to harbor resentment. Only 3.1 percent of the 60 and above group had a high degree of pent-up anger, the lowest of all the age groups, while 13.9 percent of the 30-39 group also had a high level – the highest of all age groups.

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Some 54.3 percent of the 30-somethings were found to be chronically angry, also the highest out of all age groups.

The 60 and above group were most likely to believe that the world is fair, scoring an average of 3.42 out of 4. The youngest two groups – 18-29 and 30-39 – tied for the lowest scores of 3.13.

  • LovstuhagenOPMEnglish
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    23 days ago

    That is interesting - I actually looked for more information on the test they were using earlier and I could not find an online version for me to take.

    Could you link me up?

    • HermanEnglish
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      23 days ago

      I can’t even find the study because they don’t say where it was published, it’s not on her research gate or scopus and You doesn’t appear to have a google scholar page. I just took this from the article saying 1.6-2.4 was moderate anger.

      From the article:

      “How much do social and political issues make you angry, even if they don’t involve you?” The social and political issues mentioned included: the corruption issues of politicians, the government hiding its faults, biased reporting by journalists, tax evasion and tragedies sparked by insufficient safety measures.

      These might not “involve” me but political corruption certainly affects me and it’s completely reasonable to be angry about it. It’s just bad research based on a flawed premise.

      • LovstuhagenOPMEnglish
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        22 days ago

        Yeah we should totally be upset by corruption - I fully agree with you on that. But let’s say they record something where people’s daily routines are impacted by just the thought of it, then it would be valid to say that they have an anger problem.

        I suppose the article isn’t clear enough - I am certainly open to the idea that it was a flawed study.