The Anger Advantage: The Surprising Benefits of Anger and How It Can Change a Woman's Life - Hardcover

Cox, Deborah L.; Bruckner, Karin H.; Stabb, Sally D.

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ISBN 10: 0767911601 ISBN 13: 9780767911603

Verlag: Broadway Books, 2003

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Explains how the seemingly negative emotion of anger can have a positive and beneficial role in transforming a woman's life, describing the negative mental, physical, and emotional impact of diverting anger and showing how the expression of anger can spark life-altering change.

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Deborah Cox, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and an assistant professor of counseling and gender studies at Southwest Missouri State University. Karin H. Bruckner, M.A., L.P.C., maintains a private psychology practice with a focus on anger and issues in women, couples, and families. Sally D. Stabb, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist and associate professor of counseling psychology at Texas Woman’s University. All three speak regularly before women’s and psychological associations, and their research has focused primarily on the positive aspects of anger and women’s relationships. They coauthored Women’s Anger: Clinical and Developmental Perspectives, and created www.angerproject.com, a forum for discussion and research on women’s anger.

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choke back frustrations with a romantic partner because you re afraid of breaking up? Do you feel trapped by negative family dynamics but guilty if you get angry at your loved ones? Are you afraid of showing your anger in professional settings for fear that you won t be taken seriously?

Conventional wisdom tells us that anger is a dangerous emotion and that we should do whatever we can to temper it and keep it under wraps. For women, anger is especially frowned upon: we view it as unflattering, bitchy, and a sure-fire way to sabotage our careers and relationships. But in fact, angry emotions are one of the greatest gifts we possess. As authors Deborah Cox, Sally Stabb, and Karin Bruckner show in this landmark book, when expressed openly and directly, anger can be a remarkable, positive tool for transforming women s lives.

Based on the authors nationally acclaimed six-year study on the links between gender and anger, The Anger Adva

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Broadway Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0767911601
• ISBN 13: 9780767911603
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 292
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