Anger Makes You Feel Stronger: The Positive Influence of Trait Anger in a Real-Life Experiment

Tibubos, Ana Nanette; Schnell, Kerstin; Rohrmann, Sonja

doi:10.2478/ppb-2013-0017

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“…Anger as a discrete emotion is traditionally perceived as a negative affective state although empirical findings have provided links to also the approach motivational system [66]. Anger has been linked with assertiveness [67,68], instrumentality [69], and toughness [70,71].…”

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The regulatory properties of anger under different goal orientations: the effects of normative and outcome goals

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Background The present study aimed to evaluate the self-regulatory properties of anger on the performance of individuals under various motivational dispositions using an experimental design. Methods The participants were 99 university students who participated in response to extra credit. The performance of the participants was evaluated using the Tower of Hanoi task. Their anger was measured using a facial expression recognition system and arousal was assessed using a heart-rate monitoring device. Two motivational dispositions were assessed: performance goals with normative evaluative standards and performance goals with a focus on outcomes. Results The results indicated that a nonlinear function explained the relationship between anger, arousal, and achievement under different goal conditions. Specifically, the Cusp Catastrophe Model showed that anger levels beyond a critical point were associated with the unpredictability of performance during the normative goal condition, suggesting that anger disturbed the relationship between arousal and achievement. Interestingly, a linear model was relevant for explaining the same relationships during the outcome goal condition. Conclusion Thus, this study concluded that anger plays a more salient role when coupled with the pressures arising from employing interpersonal evaluative standards.

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The regulatory properties of anger under different goal orientations: the effects of normative and outcome goals

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“…This emotion of “feeling strong” has been discussed in recent research. For example, Tibubos, Schnell, and Rohrmann (2013) have empirically shown that negative situations can cause not only anger but also the positive affect of feeling strong (see also Ratcliffe, 2005; Slaby, 2008). In this research we examine the effect of combining sadness and strength emotions evoked from viewing donation appeals.…”

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Inspire me to donate: The use of strength emotion in donation appeals

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Previous research has shown that the use of negative emotions such as sadness in donation appeals can make people empathetic towards the donation target, increasing their tendency to donate (the “empathy‐helping” hypothesis). In this research we propose an “inspiration‐helping” hypothesis, and find that the positive emotion of strength can inspire people to donate. We show that combining the positive emotion of strength and the negative emotion of sadness is more effective as a means of persuading people to donate than the sadness‐dominating or the strength‐dominating emotion.

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“…In detail, when compared with fear, anger is characterized by higher facial temperature, total peripheral resistance, muscular tension, and diastolic blood pressure (cf. Tibubos, Schnell, & Rohrmann, ), which reflect the symptoms of emotionality.…”

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Adolescents’ Socio‐Motivational Relationships With Teachers, Amygdala Response to Teacher's Negative Facial Expressions, and Test Anxiety

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Hoferichter

Romund

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The amygdala is essential for processing emotions, including the processing of aversive faces. The aim of this multimethodological study was to relate the amygdala reactivity of students (N = 88) toward teachers' fearful and angry faces, to students' relationship with their teachers. Furthermore, students' neural responses during the perception of teachers' faces were tested as predictors of test anxiety (controlling for neuroticism as a potential trait anxiety effect). Multiple regression analysis revealed that students reporting high-quality teacher-student relationships showed stronger amygdala activity toward fearful faces, which was related to worry. Furthermore, students with high levels of neuroticism tended to perceive their teachers as motivators and showed higher amygdala activity toward angry faces, which was related to the measures of emotionality.

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Anger Makes You Feel Stronger: The Positive Influence of Trait Anger in a Real-Life Experiment

Cited by 15 publications

References 56 publications

The regulatory properties of anger under different goal orientations: the effects of normative and outcome goals

The regulatory properties of anger under different goal orientations: the effects of normative and outcome goals

Inspire me to donate: The use of strength emotion in donation appeals

Adolescents’ Socio‐Motivational Relationships With Teachers, Amygdala Response to Teacher's Negative Facial Expressions, and Test Anxiety

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