Anger could be an indicator of good health!
New York: Contrary to popular belief prevalent in Western societies, researchers have found that anger is actually linked with better, not worse health, in certain cultures. Greater anger is associated with better biological health among Japanese people, the findings showed. The data revealed that greater anger expression was associated with increased biological health risk among US participants, as previous studies have shown. But greater anger expression was associated with reduced biological health risk among Japanese participants. "The association between greater anger and compromised biological health, taken for granted in the current literature, was completely reversed so that greater anger was associated with better biological health among Japanese," Kitayama said.
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