Although anger is often an appropriate response to mistreatment, that doesn’t mean we always identify the source of the wrong or injustice correctly.
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Hostile partners can experience jumps in stress and blood pressure after an argument. But there are ways to cool conflicts, even during a pandemic holiday season.
Ultra-processed foods high in sugar, fat and empty carbs are bad for the mind as well as the body. Lack of micronutrients affects brain function and influences mood and mental health symptoms.
The anti-vax movement is no longer fuelled purely by fears about vaccines and harmful side-effects – there are other forces at play.
Some people may be spiteful to pull others down, while others act this way to get ahead.
A new study found that sales went down when salespeople conveyed emotion during their pitch – including expressions of happiness.
If the lessons of second wave feminism are any guide, Australian women now need to not only get angry, they need to get organised.
Scholars who study dangerous speech have identified common themes that can lead to violence.
For many, New Year’s resolutions do not last more than a few days or weeks. A theologian writes how we can learn from the challenges and reflections of Saint Ignatius.
Many of us believe that outrage is an appropriate response to what appears to be a selfishly motivated refusal to wear a mask, but is it?
Americans are mad – fist-fighting, protesting mad. And that’s just how politicians want voters in election season. But the popular anger stoked by candidates doesn’t just dissipate after the campaign.
The study examined patterns of Twitter rage in hot and cold weather. Given anger spreads through online communities faster than any other emotions, the findings are important.
Grief encompasses our emotional responses to change and loss, and children’s grief might be expressed in what psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross described as the five common stages of grief.
Gratitude has a strong connection to well-being, but more than that, two psychologists say, it could have a powerful effect on others. So, don’t hold back when it comes to expressing it.
A psychologist explains how to reestablish civil political conversation in your own life.
‘The Lion King’ illustrates how a child moves through five stages of grief with the support of loving friends, family and community.
Into the emotional wilderness of 21st-century society, a marketplace has sprung up with places where people can safely vent.
Older people may be vulnerable to the physiological effects of anger, but not sadness.
Climate change is an emergency which will hurt the planet’s most vulnerable people – the only irrational response is cool detachment.
Humiliation can lead to conflict both within and between countries. President Trump’s use of humiliation should be of concern to both America and the world.
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