Objective To investigate the different expression ways of anger of nurses and its interrelation with emotional diseases.Methods Questionnaire on general conditions and state-trait anger expression scale were adopted in the investigation of 1192 nurses.We observed their susceptibility of anger

analyzed the correlation between susceptibility and age

education and marriage

and studied the distribution of emotional diseases.Results There were 158 nurses of anger-in type

the susceptible rate was 13.26%;there were 124 nurses of anger-out type

the susceptible rate was 10.40%.There were 444 emotional diseased nurses

and totally 637 diseased nurses.The high frequent diseases were gastrointestinal disease

mammary hyperplasia

insomnia

and premenstrual syndrome.The prevalence of anger-in group was positively related with

while anger-out was negatively related with age

marriage and education.Conclusion The expression ways of anger-out and anger-in is greatly influential on the prevalence of emotional diseases of nurses.The influence of anger-in is significant on nurses.