Relationship between defense mechanisms with experience and express of anger in female university students of anger

The aim of this research was to investigate the relationship among defense mechanisms, experience and expression of anger in a college student sample. Method of research was correlational and 213 college students were selected using available sampling from Shahid Beheshti University and completed the DSQ Bond et.al (1986) and STAXI-II Spielberger, (1986) scales.For data analysis statistical methods and indexes frequency, mean, standard deviation and regression analysis were used. Results showed that mature defense mechanisms have a significant and positive relationship with experience and control of anger and a significant and negative relationship with the expression of anger and some subscales of it such as expressing anger verbally, expressing anger physically, angry temperament, and angry reaction. Immature and neurotic defense mechanisms have a significant and negative relationship with experience and control of anger and a significant and positive relationship with expression of anger and some subscales of it. People who use mature defense mechanisms can experience their feelings such as anger and because of experiencing this feeling; they can control their anger better. But in the case of immature and neurotic defense mechanisms it is different. In both of the mechanisms people avoid from experiencing of their feelings, but it does not mean that they have lost their feelings and their neglected feeling are set out in the form of behaviors that in some of time it is out of the control. It is therefore important that people trained to use the mature defense mechanisms.