Anger is an emotional response to a real or imagined threat or provocation. Anger can range in intensity from mild irritation to extreme rage. We all become angry, and most of us don’t like it. The question is how to get rid of anger, or at least reduce it.
Script by Brad Bushman
Video by Diana Onu
The production of this video was supported by a Grass Roots Grant from Tilburg University.
References
For some further reading:
- See Brad Bushman’s TEDx Talk on self-control and aggression
- Read about anger management in In-Mind Magazine and Psychology Today
- Self distancing to manage anger at The Wall Street Journal Health Blog
- Gun violence in PG-13 films in New York Times
- Find out why people deny violent media effects in Psychology Today
- Are you a narcissist? Find out using the Single Item Narcissism Scale
- Read about violent media effects in Psychology Today (here and here), and in Nature
- Read about alcohol and aggression in Scientific American
- Read about global warming and violence in Psychology Today and National Geographic
- Discover the weapons effect – article in Psychology Today
- For more in-depth reading, see the National Science Foundation Youth violence report
See also:
- Pinker, S. (2011). The better angels of our nature. New York: Viking.
- Aggression by B. J. Bushman & L. R. Huesmann. In S. T. Fiske, D. T. Gilbert, & G. Lindzey (Eds.), Handbook of social psychology (5th ed., Ch. 23, pp. 833-863). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
