Over 20 years ago, psychologist Carol Tavris (1982) wrote a popular book entitled Anger: The Misunderstood Emotion. She sought to dispel a number of myths about anger, such as the widespread but ...

However, it focused on basic mood anger and did not examine secondary emotions, such as aggression and hostility, that often accompany anger. These emotions might play an important role in ...

wondered if anger was a legitimate primary emotion or was always a secondary emotion covering something else. And 91 per cent of emotion researchers today believe that anger is a primary emotion.

Emotion regulation is the ability to exert control over one’s own emotional state. It may involve behaviors such as rethinking a challenging situation to reduce anger or anxiety, hiding visible ...

Everyone has emotions or feelings. Some common emotions are happiness, sadness, anger and excitement. Sometimes, we express our feelings by laughing, crying or shouting. At other times we don’t ...