Angry adolescents who worry about becoming violent

In the present study, 31 of 89 adolescents responded affirmatively to the f ollowing statement: "Sometimes I get so angry that I worry I will become vi olent." These adolescents (the anger group) were compared with the nonanger group, and several differences were found. The anger group (1) reported le ss intimacy with parents, received less support from them, and was less clo se to siblings; (2) had more opposite-sex friends, dated more frequently, a nd more frequently had a boyfriend or girlfriend; (3) had a lower grade poi nt average; (4) were more depressed; and (5) used marijuana more frequently . Results of a regression analysis revealed that depression and dating were the only significant predictors of anger, explaining 17% of the variance.