title: Assessment of anger terms in Hebrew: a gender comparison.
abstract: ABSTRACT Appraisal of anger terms is based on past experience recollections, social norms, and gender roles. The objectives of this study were to find combinations of emotional components presented by a new composite variable that will exhibit differences between genders and differentiate between anger terms in Hebrew. The sample was comprised of forty students, Hebrew native speakers who participated in a web based study. Participants were asked to rate eight anger terms in Hebrew on a number of features that comprised five emotional components: subjective feelings states body reactions, expressions, action tendencies, and cognitive evaluations. A two-factor between-subjects multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was conducted. A simplified multivariate composite, defined as subjective experience minus regulation, explained 10% of the gender difference. Another simplified composite, which combines the additive effect of the subjective experience and the actions that accompany this emotional state, explained 14% of difference between the anger terms. The findings are discussed with respect to appraisal theory and social constructivist conceptualization.
authors.affiliation: a Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
authors.forename: Orly
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sarid
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000786:Anger; D005260:Female; D057227:Femininity; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000208:ethnology; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D057228:Masculinity; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: anger terms; appraisal; emotional components; gender