Recognitive Vs Externalized Anger
Anger can be defined as an experiential state that consist of emotional, cognitive and physiological components that co-occur, rapidly interacting with and influencing each other in such a way that they tend to be experienced as a single phenomenon (Deffenbacher, 2009). It is a turbulent emotion with troubling eruptions (Novaco, 2010). Anger may vary in intensity from mild irritation and annoyance to frustration, rage and fury.
Emotionally, anger can be defined through the adaptive function it serves because it may act as an emotional mechanism of defense in actual or perceived attacks on oneself, a close family member or friend (Deffenbacher, 2009). Thus the angry individual may develop adaptive behaviors such as problem solving, limit setting, assertiveness and appropriate disengagement from others.
Physiologically, the emotion of anger leads to hormonal and muscular anatomical in an individual while cognitively anger has a high correlation to biased information …show more content…
When an individual expresses anger outwardly, he/she responds with verbal aggression. On the other hand expressing anger inwardly involves the suppression of anger. The term externalized anger is used to mean anger-out while the term internalized anger corresponds to anger-in (Cautin, Overhoser & Goetz, 2001).
Burney (2001) conducted an elaborate research on anger among adolescents in America in a multi-racial setting and identified four dimensions of anger that includes Reactive Anger (RA), Instrumental anger (IA), Anger Control (AC) and Total Anger (TA). Burney defines RA as the immediate angry response to a perceived negative, threatening or fearful event. An adolescent thus responds impulsively to an anger provocation. People involved with RA struggle with cognitive processing of environmental cues thus unable to solve problems. They lack anger control and social
Emotionally, anger can be defined through the adaptive function it serves because it may act as an emotional mechanism of defense in actual or perceived attacks on oneself, a close family member or friend (Deffenbacher, 2009). Thus the angry individual may develop adaptive behaviors such as problem solving, limit setting, assertiveness and appropriate disengagement from others.
Physiologically, the emotion of anger leads to hormonal and muscular anatomical in an individual while cognitively anger has a high correlation to biased information …show more content…
When an individual expresses anger outwardly, he/she responds with verbal aggression. On the other hand expressing anger inwardly involves the suppression of anger. The term externalized anger is used to mean anger-out while the term internalized anger corresponds to anger-in (Cautin, Overhoser & Goetz, 2001).
Burney (2001) conducted an elaborate research on anger among adolescents in America in a multi-racial setting and identified four dimensions of anger that includes Reactive Anger (RA), Instrumental anger (IA), Anger Control (AC) and Total Anger (TA). Burney defines RA as the immediate angry response to a perceived negative, threatening or fearful event. An adolescent thus responds impulsively to an anger provocation. People involved with RA struggle with cognitive processing of environmental cues thus unable to solve problems. They lack anger control and social