Anger
Anger is an emotion characterized by antagonism toward someone or something you feel has deliberately done you wrong.
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.
Adapted from the Encyclopedia of Psychology
What You Can Do
- Controlling anger before it controls you
Anger is a normal, usually healthy emotion we all experience. But when anger gets out of hand, it can cause problems at home and at work. There are ways you can get control of your anger, instead of letting it control you.
Getting Help
- Find a Psychologist
- How a psychologist can help you manage anger
If anger has become a problem, a psychologist can help. Learn more about the three basic strategies psychologists use to help patients bring anger under control.
News
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Tips to help keep anger in check
March 9, 2010, The Wall Street Journal
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Examining brain activity after a fight with a partner
March 9, 2010, Science Daily
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Teaching self-control skills to children reduces classroom problems
March 5, 2010, Science Daily
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Are attractive women, strong men more hostile?
January 18, 2010, BBC News
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Are angry women more like men?
December 8, 2009, U.S. News & World Report
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People Left Out in the Cold May Act Heatedly Toward Others
January 21, 2009
Monitor on Psychology Articles
- Ending an epidemic
March 2010
- Help for hostile homes
April 2008
Books
- What to Do When Your Temper Flares: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems with Anger
October 2007
- Josh's Smiley Faces: A Story About Anger
April 2003
- Behaving Badly
September 2000