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The multiple systems model of angry rumination
Denson, T. F. (2013). The multiple systems model of angry rumination.
Level D Theory doi:10.1177/1088868312467086
What this study supports
Supports the claims that angry rumination is a risk factor for aggression and temporarily reduces self-control, which can increase aggression. A theoretical synthesis; the individual findings are not appraised here.
- Who was studied
- Not applicable: a review proposing a multiple systems model of angry rumination.
- Design
- Theory
- Level of evidence
- Cross-sectional, observational, qualitative work and narrative reviews.
Claims that rest on it
Each claim states what the site asserts, at what strength, and with what caveat.
EmpiricalLevel BConfidence MODERATE
Relative to reappraisal, ruminating on an anger-provoking event led to greater anger experience, more cognitive perseveration and greater sympathetic activation, and angry rumination is described as a risk factor for aggression that temporarily reduces self-control.
- Scope
- Laboratory recall of anger-provoking events and a theoretical synthesis.
- Caveat
- Short-term laboratory outcomes; the self-control account comes from a theoretical model.
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