https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Anger online often feels sharper, louder and more explosive than it does face to face. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-probes-rage-bait-digital-anger.html Social Sciences Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:04:18 EST news686847841 Oxford University Press has named "rage bait'' as its word of the year, capturing the internet zeitgeist of 2025. https://phys.org/news/2025-12-rage-bait-oxford-university-word.html Social Sciences Mon, 01 Dec 2025 09:18:48 EST news683803107 Across the United States, children spend more than 1,100 hours in school each year—time that shapes not only their academic success but also their emotional and social growth. Yet, for many students, the school environment can also be a source of anxiety and apprehension. School counselors play a pivotal role in addressing these challenges through evidence-based, comprehensive guidance programs. https://phys.org/news/2025-11-small-group-boosts-students-emotional.html Social Sciences Sat, 15 Nov 2025 10:00:01 EST news682335837 A pair of George Mason University marketing professors have unpacked the surprisingly intense and complicated emotional consequences of brand inauthenticity. https://phys.org/news/2025-11-consumers-react-betrayed-brand.html Economics & Business Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:30:03 EST news682158601 The positive emotions of love and joy might seem to have much in common. Similarly, anxiety and anger appear to be close emotional siblings. https://phys.org/news/2025-08-emotions-social-media-viral.html Social Sciences Tue, 12 Aug 2025 06:58:55 EDT news674200732 Nearly 16,000 children in England learn in state-funded alternative provision (AP). These are educational settings for school-aged pupils who are unable to attend mainstream school. These pupils may have been excluded from their previous school, have a medical condition or find themselves without a school place. https://phys.org/news/2025-04-excluded-children-alternative-provision.html Social Sciences Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:19:04 EDT news665147942 Pretty much everyone will sometimes struggle with anger at work. People fear the wrath of abusive supervisors, suppress anger to maintain a façade of professionalism, or vent anger toward co-workers who are, fairly or not, targets. Reactions to anger in the workplace can be strong, but they're not always effective. https://phys.org/news/2025-03-anger-emotion-hose.html Social Sciences Thu, 06 Mar 2025 11:43:04 EST news660483781 If someone bumps into us on the footpath or in the mall, we're generally quite forgiving. We instinctively apologize or step aside, and usually don't scream at, stalk, or attack the other person. https://phys.org/news/2025-01-calm-people-fly-rage-wheel.html Social Sciences Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:10:01 EST news655382853 Strong emotional responses to environmental problems are remarkably common. We know people are angry about climate change—but how many? https://phys.org/news/2024-12-climate-anger-action-curdle-despair.html Social Sciences Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:10:01 EST news653907870 There's only one thing worse than an abusive boss—and that's a boss who thinks they can make up for their bad behavior by turning on the charm the following day. That's the key finding from a new study from researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology, which shows that employees' morale and job performance decline sharply when leaders lurch unpredictably between good and bad behavior. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-jekyll-hyde-leaders.html Social Sciences Sat, 16 Nov 2024 07:06:14 EST news650963166 When you next see red, don't snap at your colleagues or scream into a pillow—writing down your feelings, then shredding or throwing them away is an effective way to calm down, a Japanese study has found. https://phys.org/news/2024-04-angry-thoughts-shred-japan.html Social Sciences Thu, 11 Apr 2024 04:10:02 EDT news632025926 Kimberly Killen was an undergraduate at Wellesley College, which counts Hillary Rodham Clinton as an alumna, during the 2008 presidential election—in which Clinton was an early candidate. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-angry-feminist-power-mobilize-voters.html Social Sciences Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:43:04 EST news621009781 Emmy-nominated popular drama The Bear and Gordon Ramsey's reality show Hell's Kitchen may be television portrayals. But they underscore the harsh truth about what can really go down when working in a hot, cramped, chaotic environment—essentially a pressure cooker, according to FIU Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management researchers Andrew Moreo and Lisa Cain. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-aggression-restaurant-kitchens-good-tv.html Social Sciences Fri, 04 Aug 2023 07:52:36 EDT news610354350 Whether it is pressing deadlines, overwork, or employees feeling they are not being supported, anger in a work environment can be unavoidable. Over time, the anger and frustration can compound, causing anger to spread through the entire team or organization, creating what George Mason University expert Mandy O'Neill calls a "culture of anger." https://phys.org/news/2023-05-defuse-anger-workplace-humor-expert.html Social Sciences Wed, 03 May 2023 12:47:48 EDT news602336865 A small team of psychologists from Oklahoma State University, the University of Texas at Austin and Hamilton College, all in the U.S., has found through a survey that people generally want their friends to be nice to them but also want their friends to be vicious in dealings with their enemies. The results are published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior. https://phys.org/news/2023-03-survey-people-friends-vicious-enemies.html Social Sciences Wed, 08 Mar 2023 10:42:16 EST news597494531 Max Weber, the founder of modern sociology, once argued that charismatic politicians are seen by their followers as saviors and heroes. https://phys.org/news/2023-02-populism-ominous-appeal.html Political science Mon, 13 Feb 2023 12:00:01 EST news595511317 We see them on banners, hand-held signs, walls, clothing, bodies and faces: words are central to social protest. Every slogan—collective or individual, printed or handwritten, demand or rallying cry—conveys a political message and an expression of anger. https://phys.org/news/2022-10-slogans.html Social Sciences Mon, 03 Oct 2022 09:01:02 EDT news584006461 Anger and a lack of trust in traditional political institutions—rather than fear—are the key drivers of support for radical right and anti-immigration political movements in Europe, according to a new study published in Social Science Quarterly. https://phys.org/news/2022-07-anger-voters-parties-europe.html Social Sciences Wed, 06 Jul 2022 09:16:02 EDT news576317761 E-commerce shopping has risen sharply over the last decade, and most consumers are now reading product reviews prior to making their purchase decisions. Sites like Amazon use reviews to instill shopper confidence and boost product sales, and they often highlight specific reviews that are considered especially helpful. "Top reviews" and "helpful reviews" have become very popular labels on these online review sites. A common belief is that the more "helpful" an online review, the greater its influence will be on a shopper's decision to purchase a product. https://phys.org/news/2021-10-anger-online-simultaneously-unhelpful-influential.html Economics & Business Tue, 12 Oct 2021 16:40:04 EDT news553275601 Politicians may have good reason to turn to angry rhetoric, according to research led by political scientists from Colorado—the strategy seems to work, at least in the short term. https://phys.org/news/2021-07-angry-politicians-voters.html Political science Mon, 19 Jul 2021 16:04:02 EDT news545929439 Prospective teachers appear more likely to misperceive Black children as angry than white children, which may undermine the education of Black youth, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. https://phys.org/news/2020-07-prospective-teachers-misperceive-black-children.html Social Sciences Thu, 02 Jul 2020 12:37:24 EDT news512912242 Psychologists at Northumbria University, Newcastle, have provided the first scientific evidence of the link between violent behavior towards the telecommunications sector and 5G COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs. https://phys.org/news/2020-06-belief-5g-covid-conspiracy-theories.html Social Sciences Mon, 22 Jun 2020 10:00:36 EDT news512038833 Anger, the faux, feigned kind, has been a tool in negotiations for generations. The idea that pretending to be angry can coerce the counterpart into conceding to your terms. Those thinking about using such a tool, though, need to realize the real costs and risks involved. https://phys.org/news/2019-04-doesnt-angry.html Social Sciences Thu, 11 Apr 2019 08:09:36 EDT news474188967 Following the Christchurch mosque shootings, there has been considerable discussion of intolerance and experiences of discrimination in New Zealand. https://phys.org/news/2019-04-discrimination-tolerance-zealand.html Social Sciences Mon, 08 Apr 2019 08:00:02 EDT news473928554 Popular music has changed over the years, and the music of 2019 is noticeably different from the music of the 1960s or 1970s. But it is not just the music that changed, but also the lyrics. Data scientists at Lawrence Technological University in Michigan used quantitative analytics to study the change in lyrics of popular music over seven decades, from the 1950s to 2016. The results showed that the expression of anger and sadness in popular music has increased gradually over time, while the expression of joy has declined. https://phys.org/news/2019-01-analysis-popular-music-lyrics-angrier.html Social Sciences Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:28:45 EST news467558914 With news coverage being a constant cycle and information being amplified across social media channels, it can be difficult to discern between sound news and 'fake news.' As a result people's trust in scientific information has begun to break down. This is especially harmful to society when the mass dissemination of misinformation, especially as it relates to issues such as climate change, is problematic as it may contribute to the delay of much needed policy action to protect the public. In order to combat this issue, tools and practices need to be developed to help consumers and journalists filter the information they are constantly being fed. https://phys.org/news/2018-12-tools-combat-fake-news.html Internet Tue, 04 Dec 2018 16:00:00 EST news463161585 People get goosebumps when they feel a sudden surge of emotion. Goosebumps are due to the shrinkage of the skin cells around hairs, making the hairs stand on end. Animals, such as lions and cats, develop the goosebumps or "piloerection", and the hair standing on end makes them appear larger or stronger, especially when they feel fear or anger. Human skin also develops goosebumps on instinct when a person experiences a sudden change of emotion. https://phys.org/news/2015-06-goosebump-sensor-emotions.html General Physics Wed, 03 Jun 2015 08:20:02 EDT news352535233 (Phys.org) —Research by the University of Liverpool suggests that, contrary to popular opinion, it can be good to feel bad at work, whilst feeling good in the workplace can also lead to negative outcomes. https://phys.org/news/2014-08-bad-good.html Social Sciences Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:20:03 EDT news327825682 Wrath is commonly considered to be an inhuman, violent, and irrational vice which can frequently overcome self-control. As one of the seven deadly sins, the advantages to wrath are hard to come by. https://phys.org/news/2014-03-role-wrath-modern-social-movements.html Social Sciences Fri, 28 Mar 2014 08:40:02 EDT news315213418 (Phys.org) —Researchers Uri Gneezy, with the University of California and Alex Imasc with the University of Amsterdam have together found that men understand the impact anger has on decision making and use that knowledge to help them manipulate other men when engaging in contests of both skill and strength. They have had their paper describing a study they conducted on the subject printed in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://phys.org/news/2014-01-men-anger-tool.html Social Sciences Tue, 14 Jan 2014 09:27:52 EST news308914008