Control anger before it controls you
Nov 3, 2023 — The three main approaches are expressing, suppressing, and calming. Expressing your angry feelings in an assertive—not aggressive—manner is the healthiest way to express anger. To do this, you have to learn how to make clear what your needs are, and how to get them met, without hurting others.
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
Uncontrolled anger can be problematic for your personal relationships and for your health. Fortunately, there are tools you can learn to help you keep your anger in check.
Understanding anger: How psychologists help with anger problems
Nov 1, 2017 — If you see a psychologist for help with anger problems, you can plan on examining the triggers that set you off. You’ll explore how your experiences of anger were helpful or harmful, both in the short-term and in the long-term.
Anger and aggression: What people want to feel matters. - APA …
Anger has long been of chief interest in theories of aggression, and existing empirical evidence shows that individual differences in trait anger – the dispositional tendency to experience anger more frequently and intensely – are positively related to aggressive behavior, with stronger effect sizes for reactive than proactive aggression.
Aggressive behavior and three neurotransmitters: dopamine, …
Apr 20, 2014 — This review focuses on summarizing the roles played by these three neurotransmitters (serotonin, dopamine, and GABA) in aggressive behavior and analyzing aggressive behavior from both neuropsychology and interdisciplinary perspectives.
Studies on anger and aggression: Implications for theories of …
Describes a series of surveys on the everyday experience of anger, and a sample of data from these surveys is used to address a number of issues related to the social bases of anger. These issues include the connection between anger and aggression; the targets, instigations, and consequences of typical episodes of anger; the differences between ...
Anger and aggression. - APA PsycNet
In this chapter we will discuss normal and problematic development of anger and aggression in youth and adults and will review the types of social-cognitive and social skill deficits that are apparent for aggressive individuals.
ANGER MANAGEMENT INTERVENTIONS - APA PsycNet
Two anger management interventions for aggressive children, Anger Coping and Coping Power, are described in this review article, including conceptual underpinnings, session format and content, and outcome research findings.
Anger: How to Recognize and Deal with a Common Emotion
Everyone knows what it feels like to be angry. Yet the causes, effects and ways to control anger are sometimes not well understood. Psychologists can help people recognize and avoid anger triggers. They also can provide ways to deal with anger when it does occur.