Cancer patients Hepatitis patients      
Staxi scales mean SD mean SD F p Significant
State-anger 13.85 4.47 16.67 5.27 7.92 .006 <.01
Trait-anger 18.38 4.92 21.36 6.83 6.08 .015 <.05
T-anger/T 6.43 2.46 7.26 2.60 2.51 .116 >.05
T-anger/R 9.06 2.95 10.43 3.55 4.22 .043 <.05
AX/IN 18.66 5.46 16.79 4.56 3.18 .078 >.05
AX/OUT 13.40 4.41 16.00 4.80 7.53 .007 <.01
AX/CON 25.62 5.09 20.43 5.33 23.37 .000 <.01
AX/EX 23.42 6.68 28.36 9.49 10.09 .002 <.01
AX/IN: introverted anger
AX/OUT: extroverted anger
AX/CON: controlled anger
AX/EX: anger acted-out
Table 1: Statistical differences on the individual STAXI scales between cancer and hepatitis patients on one-way ANOVA.