Anger experience and expression across the anxiety disorders.

摘要: The purpose of this study was to explore possible differences in the experience and expression anger across four anxiety disorder groups non-clinical controls. Anger assessed by two measures, Reaction Inventory Aggression Questionnaire, 112 individuals who met DSM-IV criteria for panic (PD) with or without agoraphobia (n=40), obsessive-compulsive (OCD; n=30), social phobia, (SOC; n=28), specific phobia (SPC; n=14) as well controls (n=49). Patients PD, OCD, SOC reported a significantly greater propensity than controls, whereas patients SPC exhibited no comparison In addition, PD levels aggression compared both lower verbal Most, but not all, these disappeared when symptoms depression were controlled analyses. implications findings future directions research are discussed.