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Rage is best understood as extreme anger, not a separate phenomenon. Early intervention targeting emotional dysregulation can help reduce both anger and rage.

Keywords:
borderline personality disorderemotion dysregulationextreme angerlatent profile analysisragetrait aggression

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Impulsive violence is linked to rage states.
  • Rage is often considered extreme anger, but its distinctiveness is debated.
  • Understanding rage's relationship to anger is crucial for intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if rage is part of the anger continuum or a distinct phenomenon.
  • To investigate the correlates of rage and anger in a large student sample.
  • To identify subgroups at risk for rage and anger.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative and quantitative measures of rage, anger, and related psychological factors.
  • Path analysis to examine correlates of rage and anger.
  • Latent profile analysis to identify risk subgroups.

Main Results:

  • Rage experiences share similarities with anger but include unique components like loss of control.
  • Emotion dysregulation, aggression traits, and borderline personality traits predict both rage and anger.
  • Two subgroups at risk for rage and anger were identified.

Conclusions:

  • Rage is largely supported as a form of extreme anger with distinct features.
  • Early targeting of personality dysregulation may reduce anger and rage.
  • Findings inform therapeutic approaches for impulsive aggression.