Background and Aim:  Anger is an excitement that has various effects in human life. This excitement is useful for the human survival and facilitates adapted responses especially fight response when encountered danger. Anger has a great effect on mental health and is an important part of the personality structure. The aim of the study is to determine the relationship between the personality type and anger excitement of the students.

Materials and Methods: The study was conducted descriptive-analytically and 410 Kurdistan's medical university students were involved as the samples (207 males and 203 females). The sampling method was multistage random-stratified and the instrument to collect the data were state-trait anger and Eysenck personality type questionnaires. The data was analyzed by the statistical software SPSS18 and R software.

Result: Based on the results the anger state mean is 6.78±2.73 and the highest average anger subscale belongs to anger sense with an average of 7.19±3.03. There was a significant correlation between anger state and gender and excitement p<0.01. In both genders the correlation between anger state subscales (anger feeling, verbal and physical angers) were observed and this correlation between physical and verbal anger was stronger p<0.01. Excitement, minor and severe mental disorders (Neurosis and psychosis) have a great impact on anger state p<0.001.

Conclusion

 Considering the increase of anger state in the society that has a direct correlation with anger prevalence, the anger management programs should be of priority. Effective factors on anger are also important and mental disorders are one of those factors. Mental disorders also should be considered by advisors, professors and officials.