- Venting about a source of anger is not effective at reducing rage, new study suggests. What works to reduce anger is lowering physiological arousal, like deep breathing. Activities that increased arousal overall had no effect on anger, and some activities made it worse – particularly jogging. https://news.osu.edu/breathe-dont-vent-turning-down-the-heat-is-key-to-managing-anger/ 107 comments science
- A new meta-analysis of 154 studies involving 10,000+ participants shows that what really works to reduce anger is lowering physiological arousal–turning down the heat with breathing, yoga, etc. Increasing arousal overall had no effect on anger & some activities made it worse – particularly jogging. https://news.osu.edu/breathe-dont-vent-turning-down-the-heat-is-key-to-managing-anger/ 15 comments science
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