The essence of women's moral perspectives in anger expression situations

This inquiry's purpose was to describe the meaning (essence) of moral perspective in adult women's experiences of anger expression. Moral perspectives have been perceived as pivotal to how one constructs and problem-solves real life dilemmas. Since some modes of anger expression have been identified as unhealthy, uncovering the meaning of moral perspectives in women's anger expression experiences could be significant to women's health. Through phenomenological interviews, 24 women, aged 21-65 (4 African-American and 20 Euro-American), reflected on an experience when they were angry and had to think about the right way to express their anger. Significant statements were extracted and thematized. Next, themes were clustered into the following essences of the experience: the realities of the self as moral, the morality of anger expression and the morality of outcomes.