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JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY
Volume 44, Issue 4, Pages 540-543Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.05.002
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Anger; Emotion regulation; Reappraisal; Suppression; Blood pressure
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Given the many negative consequences of unrestrained anger, understanding successful anger regulation is of critical importance. The present study investigated the effects of two common emotion regulation strategies, cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression, on self-reported anger and blood pressure. Fifty undergraduate women were insulted by a fictitious participant. Those high in trait reappraisal showed attenuated anger and blood pressure in response to the provocation. These relationships persisted even when controlling for negative emotionality. The results suggest that changing the habitual way in which individuals respond to anger-inducing events could be an important component of anger regulation interventions. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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