Studies on anger and aggression: Implications for theories of emotion

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 typi...

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Published in:The American psychologist 1983-11, Vol.38 (11), p.1145-1160
Main Author: Averill, James R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Affectivity. Emotion
Aggression - psychology
Aggressive Behavior
Anger
Arousal
Biological and medical sciences
Emotions
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Humans
Middle Aged
Personality. Affectivity
Psychological Theory
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Sex Factors
Theories
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Summary: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 annoyance; and possible sex differences in the experience and/or expression of anger. However, the primary focus of the present paper is not on anger and aggression, but anger is used as a paradigm case to explore a number of issues in the study of emotion, including the advantages and limitations of laboratory research, the use of self-reports, the proper unit of analysis for the study of emotion, the relationship between human and animal emotion, and the authenticity of socially constituted emotional responses. (68 ref)
ISSN:0003-066X
1935-990X
DOI:10.1037/0003-066X.38.11.1145