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Characteristics of anger: Notes for a systems theory of emotion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2005

Michael Potegal
Michael Potegal*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, MMC 486, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN55455
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poteg001@umn.edu
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Abstract:

Although emotion may subserve social function, as with anger-maintaining dominance, emotions are more than variant cognitions. Anger promotes risk-taking, attention-narrowing, and cognitive impairment. The proposition that appraised “blameworthiness” is necessary for anger excludes young children's anger as well as adults' pain-induced anger. To be complete, any systems model of anger must account for its temporal characteristics, including escalation and persistence.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , April 2005 , pp. 215 - 216
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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