We consider anger a problem especially when it emerges with verbal or physical aggression, or both.
Not exact matches
For example, if you are quick to
anger and you
consider yourself an angry person, you must fundamentally change something about yourself to address the
problem; however, if you are a person who acts aggressively and becomes angry easily, you simply need to alter the behaviors to address the
problem.
In contrast, bullying was not associated with the child's perceived
problems regulating
anger, suggesting that children with higher levels of bullying admit to expressing
anger but
consider this emotional expression as being under their control.
Clinical knowledge has linked
anger to health
problems (eg, essential hypertension), psychosocial
problems (eg, abusive behaviour), and some clinicians would like
anger to be
considered a disorder similar to anxiety and depression.
We also
considered possible additive and / or interactive contributions of child dispositional
anger and psychosocial adversity, and whether relations between effortful control and early externalizing
problems were moderated by child gender.