Eatough, Virginia, Smith, Jonathan A. and Shaw, Rachel L. (2008). Women, anger, and aggression an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 23 (12), pp. 1767-1799.
Abstract
This study reports a qualitative phenomenological investigation of anger and anger-related aggression in the context of the lives of individual women. Semistructured interviews with five women are analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. This inductive approach aims to capture the richness and complexity of the lived experience of emotional life. In particular, it draws attention to the context-dependent and relational dimension of angry feelings and aggressive behavior. Three analytic themes are presented here: the subjective experience of anger, which includes the perceptual confusion and bodily change felt by the women when angry, crying, and the presence of multiple emotions; the forms and contexts of aggression, paying particular attention to the range of aggressive strategies used; and anger as moral judgment, in particular perceptions of injustice and unfairness. The authors conclude by examining the analytic observations in light of phenomenological thinking.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260508314932 |
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Divisions: | College of Health & Life Sciences > Aston Pharmacy School College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Psychology College of Health & Life Sciences College of Health & Life Sciences > Chronic and Communicable Conditions |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | anger,aggression,qualitative,women,interpretative phenomenological analysis,Applied Psychology,Clinical Psychology |
Publication ISSN: | 1552-6518 |
Last Modified: | 25 Nov 2024 08:05 |
Date Deposited: | 14 Mar 2011 10:28 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2008-12 |
Authors: |
Eatough, Virginia
Smith, Jonathan A. Shaw, Rachel L. ( 0000-0002-0438-7666) |