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Angry people are optimistic

生气的心理益处

我们通常认为生气是非理性的行为，是消极情绪，但是，有研究发现生气这一行为也有着其积极的一面。

生气的心理益处之二

Angry people are more optimistic

It may sound like an odd thing to say, but angrypeople have something in common with happy people. That's because both tend tobe more optimistic.

Take one study of fear of terrorism carried out inthe aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In this study those experiencinganger expected fewer attacks in the future (Lerner et al., 2003).

In contrastthose experiencing more fear were more pessimistic about the future andexpected further attacks.