Guest Speaker Associate Professor Tom Denson presenting:
Experiments in Anger Regulation in Undergraduate Students
Date: Friday, 22 September
Time: 4.00pm – 5.00pm (Townsville and Cairns)
2.00pm – 3.00pm (Singapore)
Venue: JCU Cairns – Room A1-129
Video linked to:
JCU Townsville – Room 134-010
JCU Singapore – Room C4-14
https://www.facebook.com/events/347290712359291
Abstract:
Unregulated anger is a serious social problem in Australia and elsewhere. People who are often angry are at risk for suffering health problems, especially cardiovascular issues. Angry people are at risk of aggressive behaviour as most violent behaviour is preceded by a heated argument. These findings suggest that helping people control anger will have benefits for angry individuals and society at large. People often think of anger as an automatic emotional response to being treated unfairly or being devalued by others. As such, people often find anger difficult to control. It is true that anger reactions are aroused quickly, but anger can be controlled. In several of our experiments, I will discuss brief interventions that can help people control their anger (i.e., cognitive reappraisal and distraction) and another intervention – angry rumination – which can amplify or sustain anger. Suppressing angry feelings does not seem to help in anger regulation. I will also make some evidence-based suggestions for how people can better regulate anger in their own lives.
Hosted by the Department of Psychology, College of Healthcare Sciences.
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