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Adult anger expression and childhood physical abuse history
— the effects of event memory vs self-labelling | | Author(s) | James Epps, Albert S Carlin, Nicholas G Ward |
| Journal title | Journal of Mental Health and Aging, vol 5, no 2, Summer 1999 |
| Pages | pp 175-186 |
| Keywords | Emotions ; Elder abuse ; Children ; Memory and Reminiscence ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This US study suggests one mechanism by which childhood physical abuse affects the adult anger expression in a non-clinical non-college student population. 413 adult patients at a clinic completed an assessment of anger expression and a history of childhood physical and emotional abuse. 40 men and women met a qualitatively based criterion for event memory of physical abuse and labelled themselves as abused (Criterion + Label). 71 met the criterion for having been physically abused but did not identify themselves as such (Criterion Only), and 302 men and women characterised themselves as Non-abused. Both abused groups had higher Trait Anger and Anger In scores on the State Trait Anger Expression Inventory. Consistent with cognitive behavioural and social information processing theories of the development of aggression, the Criterion Only group had higher indicators of outward behavioural aggression (higher Anger Out and lower Anger Control scores) than the non-abused participants. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990729229 A |
| Classmark | DL: QNT: SBC: DB: 7T |
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