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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Cognitive Science
  • Emotion Research

Background:

  • Intense emotions typically narrow cognitive scope.
  • Cognitive broadening interventions can reduce responses to affective stimuli.
  • This suggests cognitive broadening may decrease motivational intensity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test if cognitive broadening reduces anger, an approach-motivated negative emotion.
  • To investigate the effects of cognitive broadening on trait anger, state anger, and anger-related cognitions.

Main Methods:

  • Seven studies were conducted to assess the impact of cognitive broadening.
  • Measures included self-reported anger, attitudes toward anger, anger attributions, and word accessibility.

Main Results:

  • Individual studies yielded mixed results regarding the hypothesis.
  • A meta-analysis revealed a small but significant effect of cognitive broadening on trait anger/aggression and attitudes toward anger.

Conclusions:

  • Cognitive scope manipulation, as employed in these studies, appears to have a minor influence on anger responses.
  • Further research is needed to explore explanations and implications of these findings.