Psychologists refer to emotions that are reactions to other emotions as secondary emotions. (bettertherapy.com)
In summary, anger has long been known to be a destructive secondary emotion that hides more vulnerable emotions. (growthtrac.com)
Unfortunately, primary emotions hang around longer than secondary emotions do because until we get to the primary emotion causing the secondary emotional reaction, we can't resolve the source of the anger. (relateinstitute.com)