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anger

Also known as wrath, angriness, angry, ire

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Anger is a subject represented by the Unicode characters "💢", "😠", and "😡". It is categorized under the Commons category "Anger" and is associated with the hashtag "angry". The topic is classified with the ICPC 2 ID "P04".

In academic literature, a PubMed query for "anger" yields a count of 44983. Additionally, the subject is referenced by 854 other encyclopedia articles in the Vinony graph. A related social media account has 37765 followers.

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Research

44,983 papers

Problematic Anger in the Military: Focusing on the Forgotten Emotion.ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports · 2022Forbes D, Metcalf O, Lawrence-Wood E et al.DOI: 10.1007/s11920-022-01380-x
Deconstructing Anger in the Human Brain.ReviewCurrent topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2017Gilam G, Hendler TDOI: 10.1007/7854_2015_408
Reconsider the Anger of Marginalized Communities.ReviewJournal of marital and family therapy · 2025Xu MDOI: 10.1111/jmft.70018
Anger in the context of postnatal depression: An integrative review.ReviewBirth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2018Ou CH, Hall WADOI: 10.1111/birt.12356
Anger attacks in depression.ReviewDepression and anxiety · 1998Fava M, Rosenbaum JF
Anger and cancer: an analysis of the linkages.ReviewCancer nursing · 2000Thomas SP, Groer M, Davis M et al.DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200010000-00003
Anger inhibition and pain: conceptualizations, evidence and new directions.ReviewJournal of behavioral medicine · 2008Burns JW, Quartana PJ, Bruehl SDOI: 10.1007/s10865-008-9154-7
Anger Among UK Ex-Service Military Personnel During the COVID-19 Pandemic.The Journal of nervous and mental disease · 2023Williamson C, Jones M, Palmer L et al.DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001681

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Encyclopedic overview

44 sections

Contents

Psychology and sociology
Neuropsychological perspective
Differences between related concepts
Characteristics
Passive anger
Aggressive anger
Assertive anger
Six dimensions of anger expression
Ethnicity and culture
Causes
Cognitive effects
Expressive strategies
Coping strategies
Therapy and behavioral strategies
Medication therapy
Suppression
Dual threshold model
Physiology
Measuring anger
The Gallup World Poll
Self-reports of Psychological Anger
Philosophical perspectives
Ancient history
Control methods
Post-classical history
By gender
Women
Men
Control methods
Modern perspectives
Religious perspectives
Judaism
Christianity
Catholic
Protestant
Hinduism
Buddhism
Islam
Divine retribution
See also
References
Further reading
Books
Articles

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Anger, also known as wrath ( ; ) or rage, is an intense emotional state involving a strong, uncomfortable and non-cooperative response to a perceived provocation, hurt, or threat.

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