- Control anger before it controls you
Angry people tend to demand things: fairness, appreciation, agreement, willingness to do things their way Everyone wants these things, and we are all hurt and disappointed when we don’t get them, but angry people demand them, and when their demands aren’t met, their disappointment becomes anger
- Understanding anger: How psychologists help with anger problems
Hundreds of research studies have explored the effectiveness of therapies for treating anger Several large analyses of the published research suggest that overall, approximately 75% of people receiving anger management therapy improved as a result
- Anger - American Psychological Association (APA)
Anger is an emotion characterized by antagonism toward someone or something It can give you a way to express negative feelings or motivate you to find solutions, but excessive anger can harm your physical and mental health
- Strategies for controlling your anger: Keeping anger in check
Others get angry less often, but when they do it comes out as explosive bouts of rage Whatever shape it takes, uncontrolled anger can negatively affect physical health and emotional wellbeing Research shows that anger and hostility can increase people's chances of developing coronary heart disease, and lead to worse outcomes in people who
- The fast and the furious - American Psychological Association (APA)
High anger drivers get angry faster and behave more aggressively They’re more likely to swear or name-call, to yell at other drivers, to honk in anger And they’re more likely to be angry not just behind the wheel, but throughout the day High-anger drivers had twice as many car accidents in driving simulations
- Here’s advice from psychologists on how to help kids cope with anger . . .
When children learn to notice and explain how they feel, they can use words to convey frustration instead of angry behaviors Parents can teach emotional words—patient, calm, happy, frustrated, angry, sad—and help kids link each term to the physical sensations that accompany the emotion, said Mark Greenberg, PhD, an emeritus professor of
- Whats behind that smile? - American Psychological Association (APA)
“For a long time, emotion researchers have argued about whether emotions are just clean and ‘basic,’ like happy and sad and angry, or whether they are continually changing dimensions,” she says Years ago, when she first began reading up on emotion theory, she was reminded of the debate in physics about the duality of light
- Road rage, traffic jams and why driving stresses us out
Because my very first day, the light turned yellow and I was looking to turn and I stopped and I had vehicles behind me leaning on their horn, visibly angry with me because—I come to learn very, very quickly after that that—when the light turned red, multiple vehicles still go through And I wasn’t accustomed to that
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