Anger Levels of Employees Working in Government and Non- Government Organizations
Bojjagani Babitha *
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Advance Post Graduate Centre, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Bilquis
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Bojjagani Jhansi
Millet Processing Unit, College of Community Science, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The research was undertaken to study the anger levels of adults working in government and non- government organizations. The study was carried out in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh state. Simple random sampling was used to select the respondents. A total of 60 adults aged between 24 – 45 years working in government and non- government organizations were selected. Anger levels of adults were measured with the help of 23- items anger scale developed by T.L. Alaka et.al 2018. The data was analysed through frequency, percentages, mean, standard deviation and t-test. Study reveals that majority of the government employees belonged to middle adults (72.22%) whereas non- government employees were young adults (83.33%). With regard to education majority 66.67 per cent of the government employees and 86.67 per cent non-government employees educated up to degree. Majority 86.67 per cent of the government employees and 80.00 of non-government employees belonged to medium level of anger. The results in the study also revealed that there was no significant difference between government and non-government with respect to experience, lie detector, verbal, mental dimension and behaviour dimensions respectively.
Keywords: Anger levels, aggression, young adults, non-government organizations