WHO ME, ANGRY? PATTERNS OF ANGER DIVERSION IN WOMEN

Researchers suggest that women's experience of anger is very complex and may not be accounted for by existing anger models. The current study was an attempt to clarify a model of women's anger proposed by Cox, Stabb, and Bruckner in Women's Anger: Clinical and Developmental Perspectiv...

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Published in:Health care for women international 2004-10, Vol.25 (9), p.872-893
Main Authors: Cox, Deborah, Van Velsor, Patricia, Hulgus, Joseph
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Anecdotes as Topic
Anger
Anxiety - psychology
Depression - psychology
Divorce - psychology
Female
Health Status
Humans
Middle Aged
Midwestern United States
Models, Psychological
Nursing
Self Concept
Somatoform Disorders - psychology
Spouses - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Women's Health
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Summary:Researchers suggest that women's experience of anger is very complex and may not be accounted for by existing anger models. The current study was an attempt to clarify a model of women's anger proposed by Cox, Stabb, and Bruckner in Women's Anger: Clinical and Developmental Perspectives, 1999. Anger diversion focuses on women's attempts to bypass anger awareness, to use indirect means to cope with anger, or both. A sample of predominantly college and graduate student women (N = 514) completed a vignette questionnaire assessing diversionary anger styles as well as instruments evaluating symptoms, anger behaviors, emotional expression, and tendencies to respond in socially desirable ways. The results of the study partially support Cox and colleagues' model, particularly in distinguishing between diverting anger and expressing anger assertively. We found that women who divert anger are more vulnerable to symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and somatization than are women who use an assertive approach to coping with anger.
ISSN:0739-9332
1096-4665
DOI:10.1080/07399330490493412