State Anger Analysis

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As Spielberger et al. (1983) argued, there are two primary ways of experiencing anger, state anger and trait anger. State anger is anger expressed at a certain time as an emotional state with feelings of different intensity and it is accompanied with physiological arousal. Trait anger is a personality trait, that is, a state of a feeling of anger in a person, which can vary in intensity, starting from mild irritation and arriving up to rage. According to Spielberger' (1996) trait anger is the disposition of an individual to perceive events as frustrating and has the tendency to respond to these events with high state anger. Anger is considered dysfunctional when a person experiences feelings of anger more frequently and these feelings are…show more content…
According to a study conducted by the Harvard Medical School, about 8% of the adolescents in the US have anger issues. In the UK, the Mental Health Foundation (2008) conducted a survey to explore adults’ understanding of anger and 10% of the people surveyed reported that they suffer from problem anger. However only 13% of them have tried to get medical help and 60% reported that they did not know how to seek help. One third of the sample reported that they have a member in the family suffering from problem…show more content…
Hazaleus and Deffenbacher (1986) supported that one of the consequence of trait anger is property damage. Defenbacher (1993) showed that self-harm is also a consequence of trait anger. Slep and O’Leary (2001) proved that violent behavior is another consequence of trait anger. The research of Novaco (1994) identified that trait anger is related with assault, Maiuro et al (1988), found out that trait anger is related to risky driving. According to the research conducted by DiGiuseppe and Tafrate, (2007) excess anger can result in alcohol abuse. Dahlenet al (1998) argued, that anger has negative consequences on health, such as reckless driving, negative feelings about self, tension, conflict etc. Concerning the two ways of expressing anger, anger-in and anger-out, research showed that they present diverse social and medical consequences. Johnson and Greene (1991) conducted a research using a sample of African American male adolescents. Their results showed, that adolescents who had suppressed anger-in proved to have lower self-esteem and they declared that had less people supporting them thus they perceived less social support and they had not established a good communication with their significant
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