THE SPECIFIC FEATURES OF ANGER EXPRESSION IN EXTREME AND CRISIS STATES

Abstract

Aim of the study - to identify the specific features of anger manifestation in extreme and crisis states in different social groups. The paper presents the analysis of literary sources on the problem of studying the features of human experience of extreme and crisis conditions. The results of the empiric study are given. 170 people were differentiated into three empiric groups: group 1 (50) - employees of the special unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Novosibirsk region, group 2 (70) - patients of oncology department of the City Hospital № 1, Novosibirsk and group 3 (50) - control group («relative norm»). Methods: using one-way ANOVA test differences were identified between the groups according to parameters of anger and aggression manifestation and human personality. Results. The study showed that for subjects of group 1 was typical to control anger manifestations because uncontrolled emotional expression in the professional activity of law enforcement officials was unacceptable. Besides, the activity specificity in the extreme conditions allows to search another way for feeling discharge, in particular, aggressive emotions. In group 2, anger is one of the classic emotions experienced by subjects with oncological pathology and constitutes a structural element of the internal picture of the disease, and also is one of the factors determining the genesis of oncological pathology. Subjects of group 3 are characterized by a periodically experienced state of anger, which manifests itself in various forms and allows to reduce the emerging emotional tension and regain the lost control over the situation. Conclusions. The obtained results can be used in programs development aimed at working with anger in the law enforcement and health care systems, vocational selection, as well as in consulting and psychotherapeutic practice.