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“Self-Distancing” Can Help People Calm Aggressive Reactions, Study Finds

By Guest PostJuly 9, 2012Healthaggressive thought, anagram, angry feeling, brad bushman, control group, creativity, dominik mischkowski, emotion, ethan kross, headphone, ohio state university, perspective, provocation, self distancing

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new study reveals a simple strategy that people can use to minimize how angry and aggressive they get when they are provoked by others.

When someone makes you angry, try to pretend you’re viewing the scene at a distance – in other words, you are an observer rather than a participant in this stressful situation. Then, from that distanced perspective, try to understand your feelings.

Researchers call this strategy “self-distancing.” (more…)

Brooding Russians: Less distressed than Americans

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy portrayed Russians as a brooding, complicated people, and ethnographers have confirmed that Russians tend to focus on dark feelings and memories more than Westerners do.

But a new University of Michigan study finds that even though Russians tend to brood, they are less likely than Americans to feel as depressed as a result.

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“Self-Distancing” Can Help People Calm Aggressive Reactions, Study Finds

Brooding Russians: Less distressed than Americans