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- Title
Toward Disentangling Sources of Individual Differences in Appraisal and Anger.
- Authors
Kuppens, Peter; Van Mechelen, Iven; Rijmen, Frank
- Abstract
A theoretical framework is presented to explain individual differences in situation-specific emotional experience in terms of three different sources of variance: (a) individual differences in how one appraises one's circumstances, (b) individual differences in how appraisals are related to the experience of emotion, and (c) individual differences independent from situation and appraisal. The relative contribution and nature of these sources was examined empirically for the experience of anger based on data from two directed imagery studies (total N=1,192). Consistent results across the two studies demonstrated that variability in anger experience primarily stems from variability in how a situation is appraised and to a smaller extent from individual differences in the relations between the appraisals and anger and individual differences independent of appraisal. The findings further identified frustration as the central appraisal involved in anger. Implications for emotion theories and anger management programs are discussed.
- Subjects
DIFFERENTIAL psychology; PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTIONS; APATHY; TEMPER; ANGER; FRUSTRATION; HOSTILITY; AIR rage
- Publication
Journal of Personality, 2008, Vol 76, Issue 4, p969
- ISSN
0022-3506
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00511.x