Social Psychology of Emotion: Anger Reduces Relationship Quality

Social Psychology of Emotion
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A Discussion On The Popular Belief That "Anger Reduces Relationship Quality"
Introduction
Anger occurs as responses through the experiential, physiological, and behavioral networks of an emotional system. Consequently, anger has a negative valence, such as depression, and it happens when people assess a stimulus as negative to their goals. People's beliefs regarding mental phenomena like anger are significant since they affect their responses to a domain that has relevant opportunities and challenges. Emotion is an area that consists of thousands of popular beliefs. There exist various queries about the nature of emotion, its aspects, and its relations to functioning. A similar trend appears when it comes to emotional convictions. The following paper will choose a popular belief relatable to emotions and discuss the integrity of that popular belief using empirical evidence from psychology. Our case example illustrates that rage reduces the relationship quality based on Jeans Brigg's experience with Utku Inuit in her ethnography, Never in Anger. Concurrently, the paper has briefly refused the belief by providing an example that being angry is normal. Hence, anger is manageable; it does not always have to end a relationship.
Being unable to control anger is linked to lower emotion management self-efficacy and reduced use of adaptive regulation techniques, weaker emotional competence, cognitive reappraisal, and more serious mental health complications (Besharat and Pourbohlool, (2012). Emotions are ubiquitous, strong, and predictable decision-making factors. A significant regularity emerges in the processes by which anger influences choices and decisions across realms. The paper bases its argument on the social psychology of emotion as to why romantic relationship matters, emotions in a relationship, and the regulation ad expression of anger.
Why Romantic Relationships
Romance and relationships have an illustrious and long tradition of human history. Relationships and romance are infused into human creations such as literature, folk tales, poetry, mythology, and religious texts worldwide. Even though romance in its modern form is a relatively new concept in the world today, it appears to be a pandemic obsession based on the space it dominates in pop culture (Besharat and Pourbohlool, (2012). Nevertheless, about half of all marriages are predicted to end in divorce. Many people are engaged in long or short-term non-marital intimate relationships. Anger indeed can reduce one intimacy level even to their pets (Walton, 1993). Consequently, most marriage divorces in the U.S.A are caused by expressions of anger by a spouse.
Anger leads to reduced relationship quality. As a result, the actual number of broken relationships is likely to be higher. People who leave a long-term relationship like marriage begin a fresh one, which is much more likely to fail (Besharat and Pourbohlool, 2012). In short, the absence, appearance, and value of romantic relationships affect almost all in some way. Also, relationship satisfaction is a key determining factor of a quality lifestyle. Evidence supports the theories that poor relationship quality contributes to divorce and separation and divorce. There are established indicators of poor mental and physical health in married couples before a marriage separation or divorce. Consequently, romantic relationships are often the source of strong positive and negative emotions in humans.
Emotions in a Relationship
In romantic relationships, emotion is a central theme, and relationships, in turn, are a significant source of emotions. Healthy expression of anger protects one's uniqueness in a relationship. Consequently, human beings live in a culture that endorses the acceptance of angry expressions (Sloan, 2012). When people dissolve or create relationships, they experience extremes of negative and pleasant emotions. It is fair to expect intense emotions in relationships, considering the substantial interconnectedness of romantic relationships on each other and the multiple opportunities that a partnership offers to provoke different kinds of emotions. Also, feelings outside the dyadic boundary are commonly brought into romantic relationships and can influence partners' emotional attachment. On the other end, I differ with the belief believe psychologists have proven that one can control anger, and hence anger does not have to end a romantic relationship.
There is a clear association between relationship satisfaction and emotional expression, even though most researchers exclude other factors from the equation in studying intimate relationships, emotions, and attachment. "Emotionality" and “emotions” are words with a broad definition that can be interpreted differently depending on one's cultural and personal context (Sloan, 2012). Sloan (2012) argues that part of the explanation for the uncertainty in the description is that anger is a dynamic and multifaceted phenomenon that is both biologically hardwired and socially interpreted and formed. However, certain circumstances in a relationship are more able to evoke anger reactions.
Anger Expression and Control
Emotions are not only felt; they are also conveyed to others, as the preceding discussion suggests. Anger is an innate quality of feelings that often acts as a means of communication. Consequently, the positive nature of anger is largely obscured. Since emotional communication is so important, there are various nonverbal and verbal channels for expressing anger. The importance of verbal expression of anger is shown by the proliferation of emotional terms in different languages. Nonverbal manifestations of anger include body language, facial expressions, and vocal inflections. The emotional expression could help express one's wishes and needs to others and give one's internal experience clarif...