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Anger and emotion regulation strategies: a meta-analysis.
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- Acceptance and commitment therapy for moral injury (ACT-MI) and present-centered therapy for moral injury (PCT-MI): Results from a randomized controlled pilot trial with war zone deployed veterans.Psychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.) · 2026Trial
- Gender differences in the influence of app-based mindfulness meditation on emotion regulation: a randomised controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- The Role of Emotion Dysregulation, Impulsiveness and Rumination in Psychopathology: Evidence from an Italian Sample of Adolescents and Young Adults.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Emotion-specific regulation components differentially predict profiles of adolescent psychosocial dysfunction.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Emotional Responses and Emotion Regulation in Drug-Free Women with Major Depressive Disorder.Noro psikiyatri arsivi · 2026Article
- Mapping the behavioral-affective network of physical activity and aggressive behavior among adolescents: a network and Bayesian graph analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The correlation between latent types of emotional processing, physical exercise and aggressive behavior among middle school students: a study based on latent profile analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Emotion regulation and psychological resilience sequentially mediate the association between training-related perceived stress and aggressive behavior among sport-major undergraduates.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The emotional and motivational costs of poorly delivered academic feedback.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
The hypothesis that maladaptive emotion regulation plays a central role in anger problems has driven the development of cognitive-behavioral interventions for anger and has stimulated a wealth of studies. However, this work is heterogeneous, drawing on multiple theories from clinical psychology and affective science, and focusing on multiple dimensions of emotion regulation. In addition, previous findings have not always been consistent. The present meta-analysis aimed to characterize associations between anger and emotion regulation strategies (i.e., avoidance, acceptance, distraction, reappraisal, rumination, suppression). A systematic search was conducted, and 81 studies (115 effect sizes) were included in the analysis. The results indicated consistent positive associations between anger and avoidance, rumination, and suppression, and consistent negative associations between anger and acceptance, and reappraisal. The relation between anger and distraction could not be analyzed. Heterogeneity was large in all analyses, and multiple differences between studies, including type of anger, clinical status, criminal status, type of culture, study quality, and sample sex distribution, influenced the effect sizes. Overall, the present findings support the view that anger is consistently associated with the differential use of multiple emotion regulation strategies and suggest methodological improvements for future studies.
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