TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - The angry male and the passive female: The role of gender and self-esteem in anger expression
JO  - Social behavior and personality
A1  - Nunn, JS
A1  - Thomas, Susan L.
SP  - 145
EP  - 153
VL  - 27
IS  - 2
N2  - To study the role of self-esteem and gender in anger expression, participants, who were screened for high or low self-esteem, were angered by a confederate. Participants were then given the opportunity to express their anger by administering blasts of white noise to a confederate. Men with low self-esteem exhibited anger-out anger reactions by administering the loudest blasts of white noise, while women with low self-esteem exhibited anger-in anger responses by administering the softest blasts of white noise. High self-esteem men and women did not differ in their anger responses. These findings support the hypothesis that low self-esteem men and women rely upon socialized sex-role stereotypes when responding to anger. The implications of the findings are discussed in terms of their impact on therapy for maladaptive anger responses.<p />
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SN  - 0301-2212
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -