Anger
GLOSSARY
An approach-related affect that may arise from blockage of movement towards a desired goal, a reaction to a displeasing violation of what “ought” to be that motivates an impulse to aggression triggered by the unpleasant event.
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Reference:
Berkowitz, L. (1993). Towards a general theory of anger and emotional aggression: Implications of the cognitive-neoassociationistic perspective for the analysis of anger and other emotions. In Wyer, R.S., Jr. & Srull, T.K. (Eds.). Perspectives on anger and emotion. Advances in Social Cognition, Vol. 6., (pp. 1-46). New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Carver, C. S., & Harmon-Jones, E. (2009). Anger is an approach-related affect: evidence and implications. Psychological Bulletin, 135(2), 183-204. doi: 0.1037/a0013965.