The calming process of anger feeling and the "Forgiveness" process in anger experience

2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 15530395
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social psychology
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: YOSHIDA Fujio University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Professor, 大学院・人間総合科学研究科, 教授 (80182781)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KODAMA Masahiro University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Professor, 大学院・人間総合科学研究科, 教授 (00114075) ; YUKAWA Shintaro University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Assistant Professor, 大学院・人間総合科学研究科, 講師 (60323234)
• Project Period (FY): 2003 – 2004
• Keywords: anger experience / calming process / forgiveness / realtime / anger expressive behavior / inhibit factor / unsatisfied self / empathy training

Research Abstract

This report is about anger experience and "Forgiveness" process. It consists of six chapters. In the first and the second chapter, we investigated the "Forgiveness" processes after anger experiences. In the third and fourth chapter, two surveys were conducted to find inhibiting factors to aggression, with samples of junior high school students and undergraduate students. In junior high school students, "cost-reward consciousness" inhibited aggression for boys, while "normative consciousness" for girls. Regard for "human relations" inhibited anger-expressive behavior in female students. Chapter five analyzed the relationship between unsatisfied self and hostility or anger, and also examined how they were related with self-complaint, self-anxiety, perception of self and others. In the last chapter, empathy training was conducted with the aim of controlling anger and inhibiting aggressive behaviors.