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Williamson, John Douglas Matthew. "Anger and anger control among recovering alcoholics." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ59698.pdf.
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McDougall, Cynthia. "Anger control." Thesis, University of York, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.328471.
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Solding, Ellen. "Anger Management." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för design (DE), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-96492.
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Anger Management is a project challenging narratives of female anger, creating conditions for change through materialization and conversation. The project looks at how narratives of anger are used, as tools of power, to oppress and invalidate anger through pathologization and internalization. The project, which is done in collaboration with 7 women in Växjö ages 13 to 62, is situated within female practices such as care, crafting and gifting. Simultaneously it is protesting what these practices entail and are part of in terms of structural inequality by intervening in the materializations of feminized labour. In Anger Management household objects are hacked into weapons for anger used to manifest, repeat and relearn new ideas of what female expressions of anger can be. Through interviews, conversations, letters and newsletters new narratives of anger are explored over time in a space of collectivity and friendship. The project looks at the personal as political and is working with the metadesign terminology and methodology. The term anger blacksmith is coined and the project is formulated as being design for anger.
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Stobaugh, James P. "Racial anger." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.
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Kojic, Mladen. "Progressive expression of anger : communicative anger in contexts of counterpublics." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43204.
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This paper investigates Audre Lord’s intuitive claim that anger is a progressive emotion, developing the theoretical context that underwrites this critical insight. Drawing on Martha Nussbaum’s work on emotions, the paper argues that anger is a cognitive and evaluative emotion, containing assertoric propositions which are amenable to discourse. Beginning form the cognitivist view of emotions, the normative grammar of a progressive expression of anger is brought into the preview of Jürgen Habermas’ discourse ethics. Despite the strategic nature of anger as an assertion of particularistic grievance, the work of Arash Abizadeh expands communicative action to encompass speech acts with perlocutionary aims, repositioning the propositional content of anger as the motivationally efficacious component of discursive engagement. This however is only achieved within the bounded space of institutions nurturing of civic engagement through the medium of talk. The later part of the paper develops the dialectic between the institutional space of the public sphere and that of its counterpublics, where diffuse experiences of anger are conditioned and refined by the plurality of perspectives comprising counterpublics for the purpose of therapeutic grievance airing, identity confirming discourse, and the dialogical development of political interests.
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Cahill, Sharon. "Women and anger : sixty women's personal and social experiences of anger." Thesis, Glasgow Caledonian University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.368542.
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To date there has been very little research regarding the relationship between women's personal experience of expressing anger and societal perception of that expression. Yet as Kippax et al (1988) note "the duality between the individual and the social structure must be recognised and incorporated into any successful theory of emotions" (p20). The relationship between these factors of the personal (discourse about self being angry) and the social (discourse about how society views women being angry) was scrutinised. This was achieved by the participation of sixty-five Scottish women in a three phase research project. The first phase involved nine focus groups, phase two involved using a two tier (self and society) Q-sort and the third phase involved qualitative interviews with the exemplars of six factors. These methods offered a way of elucidating and articulating women's accounts of their anger experiences. A thematic discourse analysis of the focus group material uncovered several discourses notably 'relationships mediate women's experiences of anger' and 'society constructs women's anger as unfeminine'. Other discourses highlighted were: 'control & aggression'; 'angry but guilty'; 'anger as a positive experience'; 'gender similarities and differences' and 'crying when angry' . These discourses were fed into a two tier Q-sort which produced 14 factors (8 of which are qualitatively analysed) emphasising the paradoxes and complexities of the different subject positions that the participants occupied. However, anger was frequently constructed as a passion - an 'all or nothing' event. The majority of parti~ipants constructed a society which opposed their right to express their anger. Discourses taken up by the participants demonstrate that there are several constructs that remain important for feminist psychologists to pursue, namely: power relations; context; and stereotyping
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Barron, Andrew T. "Exposing Deep-rooted Anger: A Metaphor Pattern Analysis of Mixed Anger Metaphors." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2011. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc84170/.
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This project seeks to serve two purposes: first, to investigate various semantic and grammatical aspects of mixed conceptual metaphors in reference to anger; and secondly, to explore the potential of a corpus-based, TARGET DOMAIN-oriented method termed metaphor pattern analysis to the study of mixed metaphor. This research shows that mixed metaphors do not pattern in a manner consistent with statements made within conceptual metaphor theory. These metaphors prove highly dynamic in their combinability and resist resonance between SOURCE DOMAINS used. Also shown is the viability of metaphor pattern analysis as a methodology to approach mixed metaphor research.
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Devejian, George. "Investigating the mechanism of anger." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.
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Buerke, Morgan L. "Effects of Anger Rumination." Kent State University Honors College / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors151291117885555.
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Sheppard, Irmhild 1943. "Anger in bereaved spouses." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/558151.
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Griffin, Michael P. "Mindfulness, Meditation, and Anger." W&M ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626342.
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Ramey, Michael L. "God in the hands of angry sinners a theoretical exploration of diagnosis and treatment of anger toward God in North American protestant evangelical Christians /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.
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Peters, Jessica R. "SHAME AND BORDERLINE PERSONALITY FEATURES: THE POTENTIAL MEDIATING ROLE OF ANGER AND ANGER RUMINATION." UKnowledge, 2012. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/psychology_etds/11.
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Two prominent emotions in borderline personality disorder (BPD) are anger and shame. Rumination has been demonstrated to occur in response to shame and to escalate anger, and rumination, particularly anger rumination, has been shown to predict BPD symptoms. The present study examined whether one way that shame leads to the features of BPD is via increased anger and anger rumination. A sample of 823 undergraduates completed self-report measures of global and situational shame, trait- level anger, anger'rumination, and BPD features. A structural equation model was constructed using these measures. The hypothesized model of shame to anger and anger rumination to BPD features was largely supported. Bootstrapping was used to establish significant indirect effects from both forms of shame via anger rumination to BPD features, and from global shame via anger to BPD features. Recognizing this function of anger rumination may be important in developing and practicing interventions to reduce it. Further research into other ways individuals maladaptively respond to shame and functions of anger rumination is recommended.
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Jaycox, Michael P. "Righteous Anger and Virtue Ethics: A Contemporary Reconstruction of Anger in Service to Justice." Thesis, Boston College, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:103613.
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Thesis advisor: James F. KeenanThis dissertation addresses a specific problem, which is that the Catholic ethical tradition lacks an adequate normative approach to social anger as a potentially constructive resource in the pursuit of social justice. In response to this issue, this dissertation advances the thesis that social anger is a cognitive interruption of the ideologies and structures of oppression, which is to say, an evaluative judgment that the members of a vulnerable social group suffer systemic deprivation of one or more of the social goods constitutive of basic human flourishing. I propose that the civic virtues of justice, solidarity, and prudence may be used as a normative anthropological heuristic for determining whether agents have rightly realized their social anger in regard to particular instances of structural participation, such as political resistance and institutional reform. In order to defend this thesis, the argument first diagnoses the main causes of the problem. In attempting to address social justice concerns, Catholic ethicists have generally retrieved the Thomistic virtue ethic of temperance or moderation in anger, which was designed for damaged interpersonal relationships in a premodern context, and applied it to the contemporary context of structural injustice in sociopolitical and socioeconomic relationships. This normative ethic, however, fails to observe the qualitative difference between the moral agency of individuals in relation to one another and the agency of structural participation. Moreover, this anthropological issue is exacerbated by an uncritical characterization of anger as impulsive and non-cognitive in itself, a problem that can be traced to the lack of an adequate philosophical psychology of emotion. In light of this diagnosis, I argue that Catholic ethicists should critically engage with the cognitive theory of emotion offered by Martha Nussbaum as well as her feminist account of universal human capabilities. Once combined with the contextual anthropology of human agency in history found in modern Catholic social thought, these resources can provide the basis for an inductive natural law methodology appropriate to the task of understanding social anger in relation to the pursuit of social justice. Employing this methodology, I explicate the moral significance of social anger as cognitive interruption and offer a critically reconstructed normative ethic appropriate to the contemporary context of political resistance and institutional reform in public life
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2014
Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Theology
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Meloy, Kierea Chanelle. "Constructive vs. Destructive Anger: A Model and Three Pathways for the Expression of Anger." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2014. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4075.
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Anger is a significant human emotion, the management of which has far reaching implications for individual and relationship well-being. Yet there is a deficit in the clinical literature regarding the best ways to conceptualize and respond to anger (Saini, 2009). We offer a model of anger which therapists can use to help discriminate healing from harmful manifestations of anger, and which therapists can use in developing interventions for reshaping destructive anger toward constructive anger. We are specifically addressing anger in response to offense, or transactional anger which arises at points of friction in the interface between two people in a relational system. Persons perceiving a self-concept or attachment threat respond to the psychic or relational threat with physiological and emotional arousal. These reactions represent a biological signaling system informing our relationship experience. When offended, our experience of offense interacts with our view of self in relation to other. We propose that a person's view of self in relation to other is how one compares their own self-worth to other; it may be inflated, inadequate, or balanced. Either inflated or inadequate views of self in relation to other produce distinct manifestations of destructive anger. An inflated view of self in relation to other is seen as producing destructive-externalizing anger or anger turned outwards, and an inadequate view of self in relation to other is seen as producing destructive-internalizing anger, or anger turned inward. Both externalizing and internalizing anger are harmful to self (offended), other (perpetrator), and relationship well-being and healing. However, a balanced view of self in relation to other produces constructive anger, which is a healing and helpful indignation that promotes and even catalyzes self, other, and relationship healing and well-being. Use of the model in clinical settings is considered.
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Gwynn, Arthur. "Anger management groups for adolescents." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq23327.pdf.
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Smith, David W. "Emotion theories, anger, and assessment." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Redford, Paul Christopher. "Anger : a cross-cultural investigation." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.343375.
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Thousand, Michael William. "Virtuous Anger and Vicious Forgiveness." Thesis, The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10813580.
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This essay can largely be seen as having two functions: contributing to the philosophical literature on the nature of forgiveness and defending anger as a morally worth class of attitudes. I will begin by sketching out some of the elements of forgiveness before presenting a prominent debate that is found in this domain. Essentially, this dispute focuses on whether or not conditions may be placed on instances of genuine forgiveness. Conditional accounts argue that it is perfectly acceptable or even rationally required that agents attach conditions to their forgiveness (e.g. a change of heart by the wrongdoer). Proponents of unconditional forgiveness, as the name implies, will argue that the placement of conditions on forgiveness are unacceptable and harm the inherent nature of forgiveness to some degree. As I will argue, proponents of conditional views of forgiveness will often fail to provide a full defense of the anger that one maintains when opting not to forgive. Given that my ultimate goal is to provide my own conditional account of forgiveness, I will attempt to provide that very defense by arguing that anger is, at times, an appropriate and morally worthy response to culpable wrongdoing. Ultimately, I will push this even further and argue that anger is morally superior to forgiveness in instances of severe wrongdoing committed by unrepentant offenders.
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Moura, Kathryn E. "Receivers' Perspectives on Workplace Anger." Thesis, Griffith University, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/404169.
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For years, researchers have predominantly focused on the angry person, their triggers, reactions, and the consequences of these episodes in the workplace. More recently, research has begun to emphasize receivers’ workplace anger experiences within the specific contexts of conflict, conflict and negotiation, bullying, and abusive supervision (Carlson, Ferguson, Hunter, & Whitten, 2012; Geddes & Stickney, 2012; Samnani, 2013). Results reveal numerous individual and organizational outcomes primarily related to job satisfaction, health wellbeing and turnover intention outcomes. In this thesis, I argue that gaining a better understanding of the receivers’ internal (i.e., cognitive and affective) processes when faced with workplace anger is essential. More specifically, I propose that understanding the receivers’ attributions made and emotion regulation (ER) strategies chosen when others express anger will shed light on how they interpret intense sender anger and respond to these incidents.
To date, research has not developed a broad model outlining receivers’ interpersonal and intrapersonal processes during workplace anger interactions. To better explore this phenomenon and to make a theoretical contribution to the field, I have developed the ‘relational anger model’ (RAM). This model is based on two foundational theories: attribution theory (Heider, 1958) and the process model of emotion regulation (Gross, 1998). Attribution theory (Heider, 1958) encompasses an individual’s interpretation of events and causation. It is used in this research to understand the attributions receivers make to explain workplace anger. The process model of emotion regulation (Gross, 1998) explicates the effects of sender anger on the receivers’ affective experience and expression in the workplace.
This research program aims to provide a better understanding of the receivers’ (direct target or observer) attributions and emotion regulation strategies used in the face of workplace anger expressions. To address this aim, the relational anger model was used to develop the following research questions:
RQ1: What attributions do receivers (direct targets or observers) of anger make of perceived sender anger intensity?
RQ2: What emotion regulation (ER) strategies do receivers of anger use in response to sender anger: a) directed at themselves, or b) directed at others?
RQ3: How do ER strategies and particular attributions interact?
RQ4: How do different attributions and ER strategies combine to effect receivers’ individual and organizational outcomes?
This thesis comprises two studies. Study 1, presented in Chapter 4, is a qualitative study that addresses Research Questions 1 and 2. The study outlines a series of in-depth interviews conducted with 30 participants from the medical, mining, legal, manufacturing, and banking industries to capture rich insights from their experiences of workplace anger using the day reconstruction method (Kahneman, Krueger, Schkade, Schwarz, & Stone, 2004). Participants made attributions around the appropriateness, effectiveness, and the frequency of sender anger intensity. Many senders described the anger they witnessed as inappropriate, as per the dual threshold model of anger (exceeding the impropriety threshold) (Geddes & Callister, 2007). Based on the data, attributed inappropriate expressions of anger in the workplace were viewed as violating the norms or accepted behavior patterns for that organization. Overall, the main ER strategies used by both targets and observers alike in this study were situation selection, cognitive reappraisal, expression, and suppression of emotions. However, clear distinctions arose concerning receivers who were direct targets of anger and those who were observers, and between targets who were managers and those who were employees.
Study 2, presented in Chapter 5, is a quantitative study that builds on Study 1 and addresses Research Questions 3 and 4. The sample comprised 122 employees working in a range of industries (for example, education, information technology, mining, medical, and manufacturing industries) who indicated they had been the direct targets of workplace anger in the last two years. The survey was administered using a split administration design and held two weeks apart. Times 1 and 2 of the survey assessed the independent variable of anger intensity, the mediating variable of attributions (sender anger intensity appropriateness, effectiveness, and frequency), the dependent variables of target health and wellbeing (positive and negative health) and target turnover intention, and the moderating variable of ER strategies (target expression, suppression, and reappraisal).
In Study 2, the overall results indicated that greater anger intensity attributions were associated with lower target positive health (e.g., lower work functionality). The targets’ attributions were directly associated with their positive health. Attributions of higher sender anger intensity appropriateness were associated with better health for targets, while inversely, attributions of higher sender anger intensity effectiveness were associated with poorer positive health. Concerning negative health, although workplace sender anger intensity did not predict targets’ negative health, the results revealed that the targets’ attributions of sender anger intensity appropriateness were directly associated with their negative health. Targets’ attribution of lower sender anger intensity appropriateness was associated with the targets’ experience of higher negative health. Finally, higher sender anger intensity did not predict turnover intentions. Further results are discussed in Chapter 5, and in relation to the RAM.
In terms of theoretical contribution, I argue my research and proposed theoretical model, the RAM, furthers comprehension of receivers’ internal cognitive and affective processes in the face of workplace anger manifestations in organizations. The model also contributes to a better understanding of how internal processes impact receivers of anger and how this affects organizations. The findings have practical implications for organizations that are also discussed, along with opportunities for future research in this area.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Dept Empl Rel & Human Resource
Griffith Business School
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Montgomery, June M. "From Chaos to Calm: Understanding Anger in Urban Adolescent Males." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/37630.
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This work is based on the premise that uncontrolled anger contributes to the violence committed by adolescent boys 13-17 years of age. In fact, in all countries, young males are both the principal perpetrators and victims of homicide (World Health Organization, 2002). Identifying the underlying reasons for the anger is instrumental in controlling this emotion and in developing and implementing effective violence prevention methods that may lead to a decrease in adolescent violence. Violence in urban America committed specifically by the adolescent male is a serious problem and one that has stimulated the interest of this writer.The purpose of this dissertation is to provide classroom teachers, school administrators, counselors, and parents with insights, strategies, and techniques to understand and help the chronically angry child. Further, my purpose is to review and describe existing knowledge to provide a basis for action in managing these children. Dealing with an angry child is frustrating as well as challenging if one does not understand angerâ its possible causes and effects. Since 95% of juvenile homicides are committed by boys under the age of 18, it is fitting that this work focuses on adolescent males (Supporting Our Sons, 2003).Ed. D.
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Cooper, Gillian M. "Forensic clients' everday experiences of anger : implications for a social constructivist theory of 'disordered' anger." Thesis, University of Leicester, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/31177.
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The 'everyday experiences' of anger of three groups of men were compared. The groups were comprised of a sample of: 1) male outpatients of a forensic psychology service whose anger was seen as being 'disordered', 2) male outpatients of a forensic psychology service whose anger was not seen as being 'disordered' and 3) a group of men who were not clients of a forensic service. The tendency of the three groups to break the rules of anger (as outlined by Averill's social constructivist theory of disordered anger) was compared. This was done using a semi-structured questionnaire based on one devised by Averill for use in an study of 'everyday anger experiences' and the State Trait Anger Expression Inventory (Spielberger et al, 1985). The results indicated that the forensic-angry group, in comparison to the other two groups, was angry more frequently, that their anger was more intense, that they became more physically aroused and that they were more likely to become physically aggressive and/or take their anger out on a third party. Also, the forensic-angry group made less attempt to control their anger. The findings are discussed in relation to a social constructivist theory of 'disordered' anger.
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Burt, Isaac. "Addressing Anger Managment in a Middle School Setting: Initiating a Leadership Drive Anger Management Group." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2459.
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This study examined the effect of a leadership driven anger management group on angry middle school students. Twenty-five participants from a local middle school were nominated by school faculty to be participants in the study. Twenty individuals participated and eighteen completed the study. The eighteen participants were assessed at pre and post test on measures of anger, anger control and personal relationships. Three research questions were tested: (1) Does a short term leadership focused anger management group reduce youths' overall anger? (2) Does such a group increase angry youths' ability to control anger urges? (3) Does this group reduce youths' expressed anger towards others? Study results indicated that the leadership driven anger management participants showed a significant reduction in overall anger. Although participants in the study had a significant increase in anger control expressed outwardly (AC-O), they did not show a significant internal perception of an increase in anger control (AC-I). Furthermore, results indicated that participants showed significant reduction in their expressed outward anger in their relationships (AX-O), but did not show significant differences in their perception of expressed internal anger in relationships (AX-I). A discussion follows explaining the possible reasons for this discrepancy, as well as limitations, modified procedures, and implications for this study. Lastly, the study completes with recommendations for future research in the field of counseling and anger management.Ph.D.
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Brodie, Zara. "Adult attachment, anger regulation and aggression : individual differences in the experience and expression of anger." Thesis, Queen Margaret University, 2016. https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/7357.
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Attachment theory has increasingly been applied to the understanding of individual differences in emotion regulation, however application of the attachment framework to anger is underspecified. The present thesis describes three studies reporting relationships between attachment insecurity and anger expression, taking into account attachment-related differences in anger regulation. Using multiple regression analyses, the results of Study 1a indicated that attachment anxiety was a significant independent predictor of trait anger, while attachment avoidance and self-esteem were not. Study 1b extended these findings by examining whether the use of specific anger regulation strategies mediated the relationship between attachment insecurity and dispositional aggression (physical aggression, verbal aggression and hostility). Attachment anxiety was indirectly related to physical aggression and hostility, through the use of maladaptive regulation techniques and a lack of anger control; while attachment avoidance had an indirect relationship with hostility through anger suppression. Study 2 utilised an anger induction procedure to investigate the relationship between attachment insecurity, self-reported and physiological responses, and subsequent aggressive behaviour. Neither attachment dimension was significantly associated with physiological reactivity to the anger induction, however attachment avoidance was negatively associated with changes in self-reported anger. Attachment avoidance was once again a significant predictor of anger suppression, while attachment anxiety significantly predicted variance in aggression. Overall, the findings indicate that attachment anxiety is a predictor of dispositional anger and aggression, whilst attachment avoidance predicts the use of suppression to regulate anger, reduced self-reported anger responsivity and increased hostility. Implications for both theory and practice are discussed with suggestions for attachment and emotion regulation-based anger management interventions.
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Thibodeau, Ryan. "Does approach-related anger attenuate eyeblink startle? An examination of the motivational properties of anger /." Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available full text, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/syr/main.
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Gross, Rosalyn. "Relationship of anger trait and anger expression to c-reactive protein in post-menopausal women." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002644.
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Pietruska, Karin. "On a quest for understanding anger : the influence of trait anger on risk attitudes and neural correlates of anger as a stimulus evoked affective state." Thesis, McGill University, 2008. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=111592.
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Anger is commonly referred to in the context of aggressive behaviors. However, little is known about more nuanced effects of this emotion on behavior, nor its neural correlates as a subjective feeling state. For instance, several studies suggest that angry people, in contrast to anxious individuals, perceive risks optimistically. It remains unknown whether these opposing effects of trait anxiety and trait anger on risk perceptions manifest in a direct behavioral measure of risk taking. Our first experiment showed, as predicted, that high trait anxiety was associated with pessimism, whereas anger exerted an optimistic bias on likelihood perceptions. However, these biases did not translate into differences in risk taking behavior. Instead of optimism, impulsivity was highlighted as a mediator of risk proneness in individuals who tend to express anger. A second project investigated the neural basis of anger as an affective state elicited by emotionally evocative social scenes. Participants' attention was directed towards transgressors or their victim, which elicited feelings of anger and sadness respectively. These distinct emotions were associated with differential activity patterns in regions related to affective processing; the amygdala, insula and subgenual anterior cingulate cortex. Individual differences in trait empathy emerged as strong modulators of these activity patterns. In contrast, the ventromedial prefrontal cortex response to transgressors versus victims correlated positively with an individual's tendency to express anger, suggesting a role of this region in the regulation of angry feelings.
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Scott, Helen. "Attachment, narcissism and social rank in a group of anger-disordered and non-anger-disordered males." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.408972.
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Everhart, Max. "The people I know." Birmingham, Ala. : University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2007. https://www.mhsl.uab.edu/dt/2007m/everhart.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2007.Additional advisors: Sue Kim, Christopher Metress, Stacy Tintocalis. Description based on contents viewed Feb. 4, 2008; title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.
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Kennedy, Sharon Marian. "Anger management training with adult prisoners." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/5780.
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The present study was designed to assess the efficacy of anger management training with aggressive, adult male offenders. The research design included two active treatment conditions and two delayed treatment control conditions. Treatment consisted of cognitive (Anger Control Training) and behavioral components (Structured Learning Therapy). The order of these components was balanced so that the therapeutic effectiveness of each component could be determined, as well as the complete program. Treatment was provided in a traditional correctional centre and in a specialized treatment centre. The program was conducted over a five week period and consisted of a total of 23 therapy sessions, each of which were three hours in length. Thirty-seven adult, male offenders confined in a medium security prison volunteered to participate in the study. All participants were assessed prior to treatment, following the first component of the program, following the second component of the program, and two months following termination of the program. The results of this study demonstrated that anger control training and structured learning therapy are both effective treatment modalities for incarcerated adult male offenders with severe anger and aggressive behavioral problems. Subjects in all four active treatment conditions displayed the following changes. They self-reported less anger to a variety of provocations common to the prison setting. They self-reported decreases in the frequency, intensity, and duration of anger, more appropriate modalities of expression, and fewer consequences of anger reactions. Objective behavioral ratings of their verbal responses to laboratory role-played provocations indicated their responses were more appropriate, as were their self-reported reactions to these provocations. In addition, subjects demonstrated more prosocial attitudes following completion of the program. The overall findings from the followup measures provide strong support for the extended maintenance of treatment benefits. Subjects continued to demonstrate lower levels of anger arousal on cognitive indices of anger. There were no differences in treatment effectiveness between the two institutions on the majority of dependent measures. Overall, the order of presentation of the therapeutic components (Anger Control Training and Structured Learning Therapy) had no distinguishable effects. Thus, all treatment groups benefitted equally from the program. However, the results do indicate that the major therapeutic gains occurred during the first phase of treatment, regardless of the treatment component received. Comparisons conducted on the disciplinary offense yielded inconsistent findings. Although, no strong statement about treatment efficacy can be made from the misconduct data, exposure to the first phase of the program may have had practical value for some of the participants.
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Johnson, Dawna L. "Sources of student anger in schools." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1996. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/MQ33394.pdf.
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Anger, Karsten [Verfasser]. "Temperaturmodellierung von temperierten Einschnecken / Karsten Anger." Aachen : Shaker, 2010. http://d-nb.info/1124365869/34.
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Izdebska, Daria Wiktoria. "Semantics of ANGER in Old English." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2015. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/6227/.
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This thesis examines representations of ANGER in Old English by analysing occurrences of eight word families (YRRE, GRAM, BELGAN, WRĀÞ, HĀTHEORT, TORN, WĒAMŌD and WŌD) in prose and poetry. Through inspection of 1800 tokens across c. 400 texts, it determines the understanding of how ANGER vocabulary operates in the Old English lexicon and within the broader socio-cultural context of the period. It also helps refine the interpretations of wide-ranging issues such as authorial preference, translation practices, genre, and interpretation of literary texts. The thesis contributes to diachronic lexical semantics and the history of emotions by developing a replicable methodology that triangulates data from different sources. Chapter 1 introduces the field of study and shows the approaches to emotions as either universal or culturally-determined. It discusses previous analyses of ANGER in Old English and proposes a cross-linguistic, semasiological approach, which minimises ethnocentric bias. Categorisations and conceptualisations are not identical between languages, and Old English divides the emotional spectrum differently from Present-Day English. Chapter 2 presents the methodology, which draws on approaches from historical semantics and corpus linguistics, integrating methods from cognitive linguistics, anthropology and textual studies. Chapters 3 to 10 investigate each of the eight word families, analysing all occurrences in relation to grammatical category, collocations, range of meanings, and referents. Cognates in Germanic and other Indo-European languages, and Middle English and Early Modern English reflexes are examined to trace diachronic development. The thesis determines recurrent patterns of usage, distribution between text types, and socio-cultural significance. Specific passages from Old English from a range of genres are analysed and discussed. Each family is found to have a distinct profile of usage and distribution. Chapter 11 examines ANGER in the Old English translation of Gregory’s Regula pastoralis. This text exhibits usage not found in later prose or in poetry. The Cura pastoralis also presents a different framework for understanding and conceptualising ANGER to the one found in Latin. Finally, Chapter 12 synthesises my findings and considers them comparatively. These word families differ in usage, conceptual links, referents, and even authorial preferences. Most common portrayals of ANGER in Old English involve one of the three themes: ANGER AS VICE, WRATH OF GOD and ANGER AS HOSTILITY. The thesis demonstrates that a detailed analysis of lexical usage is essential for understanding larger conceptual structures within a language, and that this in turn aids the analysis of literary texts and understanding of Anglo-Saxon psychologies.
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Jaramillo, Sierra Ana L. "Young Women's Anger in Romantic Relationships." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/23793.
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The present study investigated how young women “do” and “undo” gender in relation to their anger in romantic relationships. With this aim, I conducted in-depth interviews with 24 young women between the ages of 18 and 25. I interviewed participants about the characteristics of their current romantic relationships and their experiences of anger in this context. I used a constructivist grounded theory methodology involving open, axial, and theoretical coding to analyze the data collected through the interviews (Charmaz, 2006). My analysis suggested an emerging theory of young women’s anger in romantic relationships involving 5 categories, 16 sub-categories, and 4 types. Overall, the findings suggest young women experience contradictions about their power in romantic relationships and variability across events in how they “do” and “undo” gender in relation to their anger in romantic relationships. The findings also confirm that for most young women, their power in romantic relationships is associated with how women relate to, understand and express their anger. The emerging theory of women’s anger in romantic relationships provides a tool for further research on anger in the context of romantic relationships and a set of guidelines for clinicians to assess young women’s anger in romantic relationships.Ph. D.
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Sullivan, Connor Patrick. "Development of the Posttraumatic Anger Scale." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78047.
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Anger is a pervasive problem after individuals experience traumatic stress that heightens the risk for violence, health problems, poor relationships, and poor treatment outcomes. Previous research has demonstrated a moderate relationship between anger and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), yet this research also highlights that anger has not been rigorously measured in the context of PTSD. Thus, this study concerns the development of a complimentary measure to assess anger in the context of PTSD. Participants were 435 undergraduate students. The participants were given a battery including the proposed scale and measures of trauma exposure, PTSD, anger, depression, anxiety, and social desirability to assess. Exploratory factor analyses revealed that a hierarchical, four-factor model was the best model. The Posttraumatic Anger Scale appeared psychometrically sound, with excellent internal consistency, good evidence of validity, and good model fit. This scale may provide implications for clinical work, specifically for the assessment and tracking of anger symptoms connected to PTSD. Additionally, this scale may assist with research by predicting treatment outcomes, aggression, and PTSD.Master of Science
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Jih, Allen. "Beyond the pale country of anger." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0013891.
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Colella, Sarah J. "The relationship between alcoholism and anger /." View abstract View full text, 2002. http://library.ccsu.edu/theses/etd-2002-4.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Central Connecticut State University, 2002.Thesis advisor: Raymond Chip Tafrate. " ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 33-36). Also available via the World Wide Web.
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Nicoll, Matthew. "Anger in offenders with intellectual disabilities." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2011. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1989/.
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Landmann, Helen. "Third-party anger and being moved." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Lebenswissenschaftliche Fakultät, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/17781.
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Moralisches und unmoralisches Verhalten kann mit starken Emotionen verbunden sein. Beispielsweise kann das Beobachten einer Ungerechtigkeit echte Empörung auslösen (d. h. third-party anger). Außergewöhnliche Hilfsbereitschaft dagegen kann zu Gefühlen des Bewegtseins und der Überwältigung führen (d. h. being moved). Am Beispiel dieser Emotionen beleuchtet die vorliegende Dissertation wie Moral und Emotionen zusammenhängen. Dafür wurde die Rolle von Konsequenzen und Normen für emotionale Reaktionen und damit verbundene Verhaltensweisen anhand von sechs empirischen Studien untersucht. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Gefühle des Bewegtseins das positive Pendent zu Ärger darstellen. Während Ärger durch Normverletzungen ausgelöst wird (z. B. Ungerechtigkeit oder Respektlosigkeit), werden Gefühle des Bewegtseins durch das Beobachten positiver Normabweichungen ausgelöst (z. B. ungewöhnliche Hilfsbereitschaft oder außergewöhnliche Leistung). Diese emotionalen Episoden scheinen wesentlich für ein soziales Zusammenleben zu sein, da sie mit Bestrafungsentscheidungen, politischen Wahlentscheidungen und ehrenamtlicher Arbeit verbunden waren. Wie diese Emotionen ausgelöst werden konnte wesentlich besser erklärt werden, wenn bestehende Methoden zur Erfassung von Appraisals (d. h. subjektiven Bewertungen) erweitert wurden. Zusammengenommen zeigen diese Befunde auf, wie Appraisaltheorien auf moralische Emotionen angewendet werden können und tragen dazu bei, Verbindungen zwischen moralischen Grundsätzen und Emotionen zu identifizieren. Sie weisen außerdem auf praktische Implikationen hin, wie der Auslösung von Ärger durch Medien und der Rolle von Gefühlen des Bewegtseins in Überzeugungsprozessen.Moral and immoral behavior can elicit strong emotions. For instance, people can get outraged when they witness unfair behavior (i.e., they experience third-party anger) and they can be intensely moved and overwhelmed by exceptional helpfulness (i.e., they experience feelings of being moved). Using these feelings of third-party anger and being moved as examples, this dissertation set out to clarify how morality and emotions are related. Specifically, the role of outcomes and norms for emotional reactions and behavioral consequences were investigated within six empirical studies. Results indicate that third-party anger and feelings of being moved are counterparts: whereas witnessing behavior that violates norms (e.g., unfairness or disrespect) elicits anger, witnessing behavior that surpasses norms (e.g., exceptional helpfulness or outstanding achievement) elicits feelings of being moved. These emotional episodes seem to be highly relevant for social life as they were associated with punishment decisions, voting intentions and voluntary work. Explaining the elicitation of these emotions was improved when expanding established appraisal assessment methods. Taken together, these findings provide a framework for applying appraisal research to moral emotions and contribute to identifying links between moral principles and emotions. In addition, they point to practical implications concerning anger-induction through the media and the role of being moved in persuasion processes.
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Perry, Christine E. "Honouring the process of anger, an inquiry into the experience and meaning of anger in women's lives." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/mq22035.pdf.
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Edgar, Thomas A. "Ephesians 4:26 is righteous anger in view? /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.
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Thang, Luai Chin. "A study on the anger of Jonah Jonah 4:1-11 /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 1999. http://www.tren.com.
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Willard, Shauna. "Anger and Alcohol Use: A Model of Coping Styles, Alcohol Expectancies and the Experience and Expression of Anger." TopSCHOLAR®, 1999. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/763.
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The researcher investigated the relationship between anger experience and expression, coping styles, and expectancies regarding the effects of alcohol in a young male population. Anger experience and expression was measured using the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory, coping styles were assessed using the Coping Response Inventory, alcohol expectancies were determined using the Alcohol Effects Questionnaire-2, and alcohol use was measured using the Alcohol Use Inventory. The results indicated that young males who abuse alcohol utilize less effective coping styles, such as cognitive avoidance. Alcohol abusing males also believe alcohol will increase their power and aggression. A linear regression demonstrated that males who abuse alcohol experience and express more anger than males who do not abuse alcohol. The analysis further revealed that experience and expression of anger was related to the poor coping styles and expectancies regarding the effects of alcohol for males who abuse alcohol.
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Nichols, Kimberly. "Relationships among anger, patterns of anger expression and blood pressure, glucose, and cortisol in overweight school-aged children." Thesis, Birmingham, Ala. : University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2008. https://www.mhsl.uab.edu/dt/2008p/nichols.pdf.
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Franks, Susan F. (Susan Faye). "Psychoimmunological Aspects of Anger: T-cell Correlates." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1991. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc504171/.
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Immunological correlates of anger conditions were investigated. Participants were 33 females and 36 males, ranging from 25 to 55 years old. Percentages of total T-lymphocytes, suppressor-T, helper-T, and ratio of helper-T to suppressor-T cells were measured. Differences were found between males and females for Anger Control and Anger Expression. For females, total T-cell percentages correlated with State Anger, Angry Temperament, Anger Out, and the combination of State Anger/Angry Reaction. Suppressor-T cell percentages correlated with State Anger, Trait Anger, Angry Temperament, Anger Out, Anger Expression, and the combination of Angry Temperament/Anger In. Helper-T cells correlated with State Anger, Angry Temperament, Angry Reaction, Anger Out, and Anger Control. Mindbody appears to function in a unified fashion.
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Sammut, Henwood Kevin. "Anger dysfunction and its treatment among offenders." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2016. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30999/.
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This thesis sought to explore the effectiveness of CBT based anger management interventions with offenders. This was achieved in part through a random control trial on a sample of 24 community based male offenders, screened for dysfunctional anger. Statistical analysis revealed significant post-intervention reductions for both Groups in the reported anger symptoms and a substantial overall treatment effect noted (r = .89). The intervention used in the RCT was adapted to provide treatment for a female offender (N=1). An in-depth formulation of the case study facilitated the adaptation of the programme for the female offender. The case study was assessed at baseline, after the intervention and after a period of follow-up. The results obtained indicated clinically significant changes which seemed to justify the formal adaption of the programme. A psychometric critique also delved in the suitability of using the Anger Disorder Scales (Di Giuseppe & Tafrate, 2004) as the main measure of anger in the research and case study. Its reliability and validity and its strengths in terms of developing in-depth formulation of offenders’ anger dysfunction were discussed. The research and case study used psychometric measures to assess the efficacy of interventions. Thus, to compensate for the reliance on self-reported measures, the systematic review and meta-analysis explored the effectiveness of CBT based interventions by analysing long-term behavioural changes of interventions as measured through general and violent recidivism. All the included studies (n=14) were submitted to a quality assessment prior to extracting the required information. An overall risk reduction of 23% was estimated for general recidivism (k = 7; n = 1836; RR = .77; 95% CI .61 to .96) and 28% for violent recidivism (k = 7; n = 1888; RR = .72; 95% CI .55 to .93) following treatment. Furthermore the risk reduction for general recidivism increased to 42% (k = 6; n = 703; RR = .58; 95% CI .39 to .87) and increased to 56% for violent recidivism (k = 6; n = 1029; RR = .44; 95% CI .27 to .71) for those offenders completing treatment compared to treatment drop-outs. The magnitude of effect in the included studies also compared lower intensity programmes such as anger management with more intensive violence prevention programmes. Conclusions of this meta-analysis were discussed in terms of the economic viability of interventions and magnitude of treatment effects.
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Clark, Suzanne. "Executive dysfunction in people with anger problems." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/26396.
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Anger is a normal emotion and yet it is implicated in many psychiatric disorders, violence and physical ill-health. Theories of anger, co-morbidity and treatments of anger are reviewed. It seems likely that the regulation of anger may be one aspect of higher level cognitive functions such as decision making, planning and flexibility, that are known collectively as executive functions. Executive dysfunction is characterised by perseveration, difficulties in generating strategies, problem solving deficits and impulse control problems. The aim of this study is to explore the possibility of executive function deficits in people with anger problems. Subjects were recruited from a waiting list for people referred to an outpatient clinical psychology department for psychological treatment of anger or anxiety. There are three groups: people referred for anger problems, people referred for anxiety problems and a control group who do not have psychological problems. Participation in the study required the person to attend for one session during which time neuropscyhological assessments and emotional inventories were completed. The study is cross-sectional and employed both between-subject and within-subject comparisons and correlational analysis. Data was analysed using MANOVA procedures and correlational analysis to compare differences between and within groups on a variety of measures. Results are discussed in relation to the aetiology of anger and treatment implications.
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Tsai, Chee-Ping. "The lived experience of anger in children." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ54814.pdf.
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Mabry, J. Beth. "Social Structure and Anger: Social Psychological Mediators." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29665.
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This study uses 1996 General Social Survey data to examine potential social psychological mediators, suggested by equity theory and research on distress, of the relationship between social structure and anger. A broader social structure and personality approach to anger is compared with the equity and stress models proposed.
Among social structural locations, anger varies only by age when other social characteristics are controlled in OLS regressions. Frequency of anger declines with age. No direct relationship between anger and gender, ethnicity, education, income, or marital or parental statuses is evident. However, the tendency to express anger is associated with more frequent anger.
Equity beliefs about gender and individualism do not significantly affect anger. However, the belief that others cannot be trusted is positively related to anger and mediates the relationship between age and anger. Similar to findings related to distress, both self-efficacy and social integration suppress anger.
As suggested by the social structure and personality approach, combining cultural factors, such as beliefs, and proximal influences, such as social and personal resources, explains more of the relationship between social structure and anger than either an equity or stress model alone. Mistrust and self-efficacy together explain more variation in the frequency of anger than either alone.
In this study, social disadvantage does not directly predict anger. Because anger is prevalent in work and family relationships, the relationship between age and anger may be explained by age-graded changes in work and family roles (Schieman 1999). However, this would not explain the lack of variation in anger by other structural locations in which social disadvantage likely affects work and family relationships.
The social psychological factors that have the most significant effect anger in this study (mistrust and self-efficacy) vary by ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Were it not for greater mistrust and lower self-efficacy, blacks and the socioeconomically disadvantaged would be angry significantly less often than whites and those of higher socioeconomic status. These findings suggest that expectations and perceptions of control, shaped by in-group comparisons and experience and which vary by social structural location, may affect anger.Ph. D.
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Kahn, Susan Rachel. "The role of anger in managerial effectiveness." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14397.
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Bibliography: leaves 194-227.The aim of this study was to investigate the role of anger on managerial effectiveness. To this end, a sample of male managers in a South African financial organisation completed questionnaires on the experience of anger, the expression of anger, and Type A behaviour. Managerial effectiveness was assessed in terms of the behavioural dimensions of the organisation's assessment centre and performance appraisal, as well as a managerial achievement quotient. A factor analysis computed separately for the 11 assessment centre dimensions and the 11 performance appraisal criteria revealed three orthogonal factors in both analyses. Product moment correlation coefficients were calculated between all the variables, including the new factor scores. The performance appraisal factor labled "Emphasising Quality in Solution and Production" was significantly correlated with trait anger, and the performance appraisal factor labled "Maintaining Supportive Interpersonal Relationships" was significantly correlated with state anger , trait anger, anger expression , and Type A behaviour . The assessment centre factors labled "Making and Communication Decisions" and "Interpersonal Planning" correlated significantly with anger expression and trait anger, respectively. Finally, the managerial achievement quotient correlated positively and significantly with Type A behaviour. The conceptual and methodological issues confronted in the present research may provide new insight for future investigations regarding stress and organisational psychology.