TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Losing control, literally: Relations between anger control, trait anger, and motor control
JO  - Cognition and emotion
A1  - Bresin, Konrad
A1  - Robinson, Michael D.
SP  - 995
EP  - 1012
VL  - 27
IS  - 6
N2  - Self-control perspectives of multiple traits have been proposed, perhaps most particularly so in the anger realm. Four studies sought to examine potential relations between anger control, trait anger, and motor control. Across the four studies, individuals (total N=366) were asked to hold a joystick cursor on a spatial target as accurately and steadily as possible and two indices of motor control were quantified. Studies 1 and 2 found that higher levels of (trait) anger control were predictive of better motor control. Studies 3 and 4 then showed that higher levels of trait anger were predictive of worse motor control. All studies also examined possible state-related influences on motor control (e.g., as a function of aversive noise), but no such effects were found. Thus, the trait-related findings were basic in nature and informative for this reason. Results are discussed in terms of their implications for understanding personality variations in anger control and anger and the value of motoric probes of self-control.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0269-9931
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2012.755119
ID  - ref1
ER  -