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ture to express anger. "And
in Jewish families, children
often grow up seeing anger
comfortably expressed," he
says. Ms. Posner concurs,
saying, "Anger is more ac-
ceptable in Jewish culture
because, in general, in Jew-
ish culture intensity is more
acceptable than in other cul-
tures."

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ANNOUNCEMENT

An Alert

We can interpret the
"bubbling up" of anger as a
message that we need to
shift our response to some
situations. "But one of the
risks of anger is that we can
use it as a way of not making
necessary changes," Dr.
Dichter says. "Instead of do-
ing what we need to do to
make the situation better,
we just get angry."
Dr. Dichter prefers to view
anger as useful. "It signals a
problem and should warn us
to take some corrective ac-
tion."
Some people claim they
never get angry but they
might change their tune if
they realized there are rec-
ognizable signs of the expe-
rience of anger. Dr. Field, of
Thomas Jefferson Medical
College, defines anger as a
feeling, accompanied by an
idea or thought (most com-
monly, a wish — which may
or may not be acted out) to
inflict injury on somebody,
either physically or as an
emotional insult, and cer-
tain physical sensations
(tense muscles, a tight jaw,
increased heart rate, a dry
mouth and/or a "knot" in
the stomach).
This can be explained, in
part, because some people
are simply more prone to
feeling anger, just as other
people have a greater
predisposition to experienc-
ing happiness or sadness,
Dr. Field says. Certain per-
sonality "qualities" are in-
born, seemingly woven into
our genetic makeup. Also,
the manner in which anger
is handled in our early home
life is critical in forming our
relationships toward the ex-
perience and expression of
anger.
Rhoda Posner says, "We
talk about anger as an emo-
tion. Some people say that
anger is the most basic emo-
tion; some people say it is a
secondary emotion.
Sometimes emotions come in
mixed forms — when you
mix anger and fear, you get
jealousy." ❑

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