Anger In The News

Rangers' Rogers Shoves Cameramen in Pregame Tirade

Rogers shoved two cameramen before the Rangers' game against Los Angeles on Wednesday in a videotaped tirade that included throwing a camera to the ground and threatening to break more.

"Kenny is having anger issues right now," Rangers general manager John Hart said. "I don't know what's going on inside. We're responding to something that's very unusual."

To see the video of this incident and see other recent videos of atheletes with anger problems , click here.

We believe that anger control is especially important in atheletes because of the role-modeling effect it has on children who look up to them. What do you think? Are atheletes justifed in aggression toward other players or toward reporters? Post your comment below!

Tom Cruise did it right

Did you see how Tom Cruise handled the reporter that squirted him with a fake microphone? I thought it was a model of anger management and assertive communication! What do you think? Simply click on "post comments" below and express your opinion. To read the full story click here

Road Rage On Increase

ROCHESTER — Police on state and local highways say they are concerned about an increase in the number and severity of road rage incidents taking place this summer.
Full story in the Foster's Online from Dover, New Hamphire.

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Irish workplace stress: a risk for both employee and employer

"Employers have no choice but to take the issue of stress seriously.
In the last few years some employers have begun to take the threat of litigation due to a stressful workplace seriously. Damages for personal injury have gone as high as €100,000 in some cases. As well as having a company policy regarding stress, there are also numerous private stress management courses that companies can avail of for their staff."
Full story in the Finfacts Business news

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Are Women Angrier Than Men?

New research that examined the responses of 22,000 people over 50 years has found that women are more likely to feel angry and persistently frustrated than men. New study from Scotland.

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Kidd Rock ordered to Anger Management

Kidd Rock was ordered to attend 8 hours of anger management following being sued by a disc Jockey who says the star punched him at a strip Club in Februrary. Full story at groovevolt.com

Father's Day-What's always important

"June with its Father's Day celebration is a great time to acknwoledge how important dads are in children's lives.

In parent and family events, organizers need to make sure activities are planned with both moms and dads in mind. In parent education, researchers have found that men have special needs: more guidance about connecting with their children and, in a few cases, assistance with anger management. It’s healthy when opportunities can be created that put dads together to talk over issues that concern them."

Complete story in the Murray County News

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Who Exactly Is Angry?

New research uses longitudinal evidence to help understand anger and distinguish between people for whom anger is an occasional experience – and therefore quite normal – and those for whom it is more persistent.

In ESRC's new report Seven Deadly Sins, published to launch Social Science Week 2005, Dr Eirini Flouri and Professor Heather Joshi analyse data from the British birth cohort studies, which have recorded anger in both childhood and adulthood for people born in a week in 1958 (the National Child Development Study) and 1970 (the British Cohort Study).

Among the findings is this one:

Thirty-somethings with no partner are more likely to report angry feelings than people with partners.

To review the other very interesting findings, click here.

To find out how angry you are comapred to other people, take our twenty-minute online quiz by clicking here.

Some tips for dealing with anger from the American Psychological Association:

"Breathe deeply, from your diaphragm; breathing from your chest won't relax you. Slowly repeat a calm word or phrase such as "relax" or "take it easy." Use imagery.

Change the way you think. When you're angry, your thinking can become exaggerated. Try replacing these thoughts with more rational ones."

More tips form the APA in HometownAnnapolis.com

Jerry Falwell on Howard Dean

In an article titled "The Hate Language of Howard Dean" Jerry Falwell says "Howard Dean need an anger management program"

Full story in Insight on the news

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