Control anger before it controls you
2023年11月3日 · Anger is “an emotional state that varies in intensity from mild irritation to intense fury and rage,” according to Charles Spielberger, PhD, a psychologist who specializes in the study of anger. Like other emotions, it is accompanied by physiological and biological changes; when you get angry, your heart rate and blood pressure go up, as do ...
Anger - American Psychological Association (APA)
Anger can be a good thing. It can give you a way to express negative feelings, for example, or motivate you to find solutions to problems. But excessive anger can cause problems. Increased blood pressure and other physical changes associated with anger make it difficult to think straight and harm your physical and mental health.
Understanding anger: How psychologists help with anger problems
2017年11月1日 · One CBT-based anger treatment is known as Stress Inoculation. This method involves exposing the person to imaginary incidents that would provoke anger, providing opportunities to self-monitor their anger and practice coping methods. Though there has been less research on other methods for treating anger, several appear to show promise. Those ...
Strategies for controlling your anger: Keeping anger in check
Anger can also lead to stress-related problems including insomnia, digestive problems and headaches. Anger can also contribute to violent and risky behaviors, including drug and alcohol use. And on top of all that, anger can significantly damage relationships with family, friends and colleagues. Strategies to keep anger at bay
Anger: How to Recognize and Deal with a Common Emotion
Anger can be an appropriate response to injustice. No doubt, anger played a useful part in social movements for equality for blacks, the elderly and women, among others. Anger may also lead to better outcomes in business negotiations as well as an increased motivation to right the wrongs we see in the world.
How to keep anger from getting the best of you, with Howard …
Together, Dr. Kassinove and Dr. Tafrate have authored two books: Anger Management for Everyone: Ten Proven Strategies to Help You Control Anger and Live a Happier Life, and The Practitioner's Guide to Anger Management. Thank you both for joining me today. Howard Kassinove, PhD: Our pleasure. Raymond “Chip” Tafrate, PhD: Great to be here.
In brief: Anger is sometimes a gift, the power of suppressing …
2024年3月1日 · Anger is (sometimes) a gift. While often perceived as a negative emotion, anger can sometimes help people achieve challenging goals, suggests research in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Researchers conducted five studies involving 1,020 participants in the United States and analyzed survey data from 1,405 respondents.
When anger's a plus - American Psychological Association (APA)
2003年3月1日 · Anger externalized can turn into violence and aggression; anger internalized can cause depression, health problems and communication difficulties, they note. Power plays. Anger also plays a powerful and arguably positive role in the workplace and in politics, finds Larissa Tiedens, PhD, of Stanford University.
Shame and Anger in Psychotherapy - American Psychological …
Therapists need to consider the type of shame or anger they are dealing with and how the two emotions interact before they can make process diagnoses of what is occurring at different moments in a session. This book emphasizes the benefits of accessing and experiencing shame and anger viscerally to promote emotion change in therapy.
Anger across the gender divide - American Psychological …
2003年3月1日 · Anger researchers Deborah Cox, PhD, Patricia Van Velsor, PhD, and Joseph Hulgus, PhD, are working to validate an anger diversion model. Cox first developed the model with Sally Stabb, PhD, and Karin H. Bruckner, authors of …