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What Triggers Anger in Everyday Life? Links to the Intensity, Control, and Regulation of These Emotions, and Personality Traits

Todd B. Kashdan, Fallon R. Goodman, Travis T. Mallard, C. Nathan DeWall
Journal of Personality Summary & key facts 2015 51 citations

Researchers followed 173 people for 3 weeks and had them record their most intense daily anger episode (2,342 episodes total). They grouped the open-ended anger triggers into five categories and found that anger caused by other people or by an unknown source tended to be stronger and felt less controlled.…

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Personality Traits and Psychology Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
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