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Communication: a person-centred approach
Published in Nicola Neale, Joanne Sale, Developing Practical Nursing Skills, 2022
Anger is a natural response to feeling frustrated, attacked, injured or violated. It is part of being human; it is not necessarily a bad emotion as it can be positive and can even motivate us and help with our focus (MIND 2021). Nurses are sometimes confronted with people who are displaying strong emotions, such as anger and aggression. It is important to use good interpersonal skills at these times to minimise the psychological impact of the emotions. People who are in hospital can become angry for many reasons, and this anger is often related to a loss of control over their circumstances and may be a reaction to the uncertainty around their situation. Anger from both individual’s and their relatives is also associated with a lack of effective therapeutic communication. It is important to recognise when a person is becoming angry and to be able to manage this anger is an effective way.
Emotional Health and Stress Management
Published in James M. Rippe, Lifestyle Medicine, 2019
Neil Nedly, Francisco E Ramirez
Anger should be resolved as soon as possible. Dealing with the problem that caused the anger should include constructive communication with those that triggered the feelings. There should be a focus on resolving the problem rather than placing blame. If the problem seems overly large a third-person mediator may be helpful.
Special Considerations
Published in Mohamed Ahmed Abd El-Hay, Essentials of Psychiatric Assessment, 2018
Anger can be easily anticipated by observing signs of escalating tension. The common signs of anger include loud voice, inappropriate staring, knocking things over, clenched fists, agitated pacing, impatience and refusal to comply with the usual intake procedures in the emergency department or clinic, and verbal threats. De-escalation measures should be taken once these signs are observed.
The REBOOT Combat Recovery Program: Health and Socioemotional Benefits
Published in Military Behavioral Health, 2022
Leanne K. Knobloch, Jenny L. Owens, Robyn L. Gobin, Timothy J. Wolf
Anger is an emotion stemming from a sense of injustice that can arise from blocked goals or threats to well-being (e.g., Potegal & Stemmler, 2010). Meaning and purpose in life is people’s capacity to understand their life experiences and to pursue worthwhile goals (e.g., Steger, 2017). Social connectedness is a sense of belongingness and closeness to others (e.g., Lee et al., 2008). Forgiveness is a process of reducing negative feelings toward the source of a transgression (e.g., McCullough et al., 2001). Socioemotional problems can linger long after military personnel have left the warzone (Bryan et al., 2016; Currier, Drescher, et al., 2014; Griffin et al., 2021; Griffith, 2019; Sullivan & Starnino, 2019). Even more sobering, work shows that unresolved anger (Wilks et al., 2019), a lack of meaning and purpose in life (Smigelsky et al., 2020), social isolation (Silva et al., 2017; Teo et al., 2018), and unforgiveness (Bryan et al., 2015) correspond with suicide ideation and suicide attempts among military personnel.
The Relationship between Oxidative Stress and Anxiety in a Healthy Older Population
Published in Experimental Aging Research, 2021
Karen Savage, Davy Kingshott, Andrew Gubko, Alicia WT Thee, Tamer Burjawi, Kevin Croft, Jerome Sarris, Con Stough
Regarding the association between F2-Isoprostanes and Anger-hostility, where the scale is intended to quantify levels of anger, antipathy, but also threat or loss. Anxiety may be a precursor to anger (Rothenberg, 1971), and in older samples, it is associated with loss of mobility, independence, ability to communicate and cognitive decline, but also co-occurs with chronic health conditions and anomalies in inflammatory markers such as interleukin-6 (Barlow, Wrosch, Gouin, & Kunzmann, 2019; Charles, 2010; Ruffman, Henry, Livingstone, & Phillips, 2008). These findings are consistent with Miers, Rieffe, Terwogt, Cowan, and Linden (2007) of a relationship between higher levels of Anger-hostility and increased neurohumoral and cardiovascular reactivity to biological and psychological stress. It is possible that increased anger is an indication of increased stress; observed on a physiological level via generation of stress hormones. The hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis regulates stress responses and influences multiple metabolic, immunological, and cardiovascular system processes (Lupien, Maheu, Tu, Fiocco, & Schramek, 2007), also illustrated in Figure 2, including a link between OS and stress responses via cortisol production (Constantini et al, 2011).
Aggressive Worriers: How Aggression Moderates the Association between Intolerance of Uncertainty and Suicidal Desire Constructs
Published in Archives of Suicide Research, 2021
Rachel L. Martin, Nicole S. Smith, Shelby J. McGrew, Daniel W. Capron
Aggression is another personality characteristic that has been linked to suicidal behavior in a variety of populations such as patients with mood disorders, borderline personality disorder, and substance use disorders as well as in non-clinical samples (see Giegling et al., 2009 for a review). Aggression can be assessed using four lower-order dimensions: physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger, and hostility (Buss & Perry, 1992). Physical and verbal aggression refer to outwardly aggressive behaviors whereas anger and hostility refer to the emotions and thoughts experienced during aggression. Buss and Perry (1992) suggested that both anger and hostility are experienced outside of aggressive acts as well. Anger often precedes acts of aggression and gradually diminishes over time after the aggressive act is completed. Hostile thoughts may also persist following an aggressive act, as the aggressor continues to feel resentment and suspicion toward the target (Buss & Perry, 1992). These aspects of aggression, then, may be viewed as temperament factors that affect other behaviors in addition to physical and verbal aggression. Specifically, anger has been associated with suicidal behavior in a number of studies (see Giegling et al., 2009 for a review).