The role of perspective taking in anger arousal

Although there are strong grounds to expect that perspective taking deficits are associated with anger arousal following an interpersonal provocation, there has been little research directly testing this hypothesis. In this study, 636 volunteers were asked to rate their likely reactions to two brief...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inPersonality and individual differences Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 507 - 517
Main Authors Mohr, Philip, Howells, Kevin, Gerace, Adam, Day, Andrew, Wharton, Michelle
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2007
Elsevier
Subjects
Affectivity. Emotion
Anger
Biological and medical sciences
Empathy
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Personality. Affectivity
Perspective taking
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Anger
Perspective taking
Empathy
Human
Affect affectivity
Social interaction
Arousal
Emotion emotionality
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Although there are strong grounds to expect that perspective taking deficits are associated with anger arousal following an interpersonal provocation, there has been little research directly testing this hypothesis. In this study, 636 volunteers were asked to rate their likely reactions to two brief video representations of potentially anger arousing social transgressions. Results confirm the relationship between dispositional perspective taking and the likelihood of anger arousal following an interpersonal provocation. Perspective taking was also predictive of trait anger (negatively) and of the means of control and expression of anger. Associations between personal distress and anger measures indicate the possible influence of the intensity, regulation, and direction of emotion on anger.
ISSN:0191-8869
1873-3549
DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2006.12.019