ANGER is good for you, as long as you control it properly, according to new psychology research. A new study from Carnegie Mellon University shows anger may help people reduce the negative effects of stress and help you become healthier.
“Here getting emotional is not bad for you if you look at the case of anger,” said Jennifer Lerner of Carnegie Mellon.“The more people display anger, the lower their stress responses.”
Lerner studied 92 UCLA (加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校) students by asking them to count back (倒数) from 6,200. They must say out loud every 13th number. Researchers interfered (干扰) with them by asking them to count faster or ask them other questions. If they made any mistakes, they had to restart from the very beginning. Many students felt depressed about making so many mistakes or got angry because the researchers were interrupting them.
Lerner used a hidden video camera and recorded all their facial expressions (面部表情) during the test. The researchers described their reactions as fear, anger and disgust (厌恶).
Other researchers recorded the students' blood pressure, pulse (脉搏) and production of a highstress hormone (荷尔蒙) called cortisol. People whose faces showed more fear during the experiment had higher blood pressure and higher levels of the hormone. Both can have lasting effects such as diabetes (糖尿病), heart disease, depression and weight gain.
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