Does venting anger feed or extinguish the flame? Catharsis, rumination, distraction, anger, and aggressive responding
Does venting anger feed or extinguish the flame? Catharsis, rumination, distraction, anger, and aggressive responding
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10.1177/0146167202289002
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发表时间：
2002-06-01
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4
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Bushman, BJ
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作者：
Bushman, BJ
分散注意力或沉思是否能更好地缓解愤怒？宣泄理论预测沉思效果最好，但缺乏经验证据。在这项研究中，愤怒的参与者击打沙袋，并思考激怒他们的人（沉思组）或考虑保持身体健康（分散注意力组）。击中沙袋后，他们报告了自己的愤怒程度。接下来，他们有机会向激怒他们的人发出巨大的噪音。还有一个没有出气筒的对照组。沉思组的人比分心组或对照组的人感到更愤怒。沉思组的人也最具攻击性，其次是分心组和对照组的人。沉思增加而不是减少愤怒和攻击性。什么都不做比发泄愤怒更有效：这些结果直接与宣泄理论相矛盾。
Does distraction or rumination work better to diffuse anger? Catharsis theory predicts that rumination works best, but empirical evidence is lacking. In, this study, angered participants hit a punching bag and thought about the person who had angered them (rumination group) or thought about becoming physically fit (distraction group). After hitting the punching bag, they reported how angry they felt. Next, they were given the chance to administer loud blasts of noise to the person who had angered them. There also was a no punchingbag control group. People in the rumination group felt angrier than did people in the distraction or control groups. People in the rumination group were also most aggressive, followed respectively by people in the distraction and control groups. Rumination increased rather than decreased anger and aggression. Doing nothing at all was more effective than venting anger: These results directly contradict catharsis theory.