Angry Moods Study (STATISTICS)

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Gender	Sports	Anger-Out	Anger-In	Control-Out	Control-In	Anger_Expression
2	1	18	13	23	20	36
2	1	14	17	25	24	30
2	1	13	14	28	28	19
2	1	17	24	23	23	43
1	1	16	17	26	28	27
1	1	16	22	25	23	38
1	1	12	12	31	27	14
2	1	13	16	22	31	24
2	1	16	16	22	24	34
2	1	12	16	29	29	18
1	1	12	13	24	25	24
1	1	17	23	24	22	42
1	1	18	19	29	30	26
1	2	27	10	23	27	35
2	2	18	14	17	11	52
1	2	9	20	28	24	25
2	2	13	25	27	24	35
2	2	20	21	15	18	56
2	2	16	24	26	26	36
2	2	23	16	15	14	58
1	2	12	21	29	15	37
1	2	15	29	29	23	40
2	2	26	21	14	13	68
2	2	17	30	16	18	61
2	2	20	19	17	14	56
2	2	9	24	21	21	39
1	2	24	20	18	13	61
1	2	12	21	26	24	31
2	2	23	14	17	14	54
2	2	14	12	22	22	30
2	2	23	26	28	23	46
2	2	13	11	27	21	24
2	2	18	19	21	19	45
2	2	11	22	25	24	32
1	2	15	27	21	16	53
1	2	20	22	16	18	56
2	2	11	26	24	25	36
1	2	16	15	30	26	23
2	2	11	19	22	16	40
2	2	15	31	21	22	51
1	2	17	22	22	19	46
1	2	18	17	27	24	32
1	2	16	21	30	30	25
2	2	14	18	20	17	43
2	2	18	13	27	20	32
1	2	11	22	32	22	27
2	2	12	13	24	22	27
2	2	18	14	19	19	42
2	2	21	22	25	19	47
1	2	22	20	17	18	55
2	2	22	17	22	23	42
1	2	26	24	15	16	67
1	2	11	15	29	19	26
2	2	17	18	28	20	35
2	2	16	18	24	22	36
2	2	9	14	32	32	7
2	2	11	23	24	16	42
2	2	17	11	21	24	31
2	2	13	22	21	21	41
2	2	18	19	27	22	36
1	2	19	15	19	19	44
2	2	15	21	25	26	33
1	2	15	22	25	24	36
1	2	18	18	20	19	45
2	2	12	16	31	32	13
2	2	15	18	30	29	22
1	1	14	14	27	23	26
2	1	14	22	30	29	25
1	1	15	15	27	27	24
1	1	21	19	21	17	50
1	1	18	19	24	23	38
2	1	17	10	18	17	40
2	1	24	19	18	23	50
2	1	14	11	18	15	40
2	1	10	18	30	32	14
2	1	11	14	29	24	20
1	1	15	17	20	18	42
2	1	15	17	24	26	30

Variables

Descriptions of Variables
Variable	Description
Sports	1 = athletes, 2 = non-athletes
Gender	1 = males, 2 = females
Anger-Out (AO)	high scores demonstrate that people deal with anger by expressing it in a verbally or physically aggressive fashion
Anger-In (AI	high scores demonstrate that people experience anger but do not express it (suppress their anger)
Control-Out (CO)	high scores demonstrate that people control the outward expression of angry feelings
Control-In (CI)	high scores demonstrate that people control angry feelings by calming down or cooling off
Expression (AE)	index of general anger expression: (Anger-Out) + (Anger-In) - (Control-Out) - (Control-In) + 48


Description of the Study
People have different ways of improving their mood when angry. We have all seen people punch a wall when mad, and indeed, previous research has indicated that some people aggress to improve their mood (Bushman, Baumeister & Phillips, 2001). What do the top athletes do when angry? Striegel (1994) found that anger often hurts an athlete’s performance and that capability to control anger is what makes good athletes even better. This study adds to the past research and examines the difference in ways to improve an angry mood by gender and sports participation.
The participants were 78 Rice University undergraduates, ages 17 to 23. Of these 78 participants, 48 were females and 30 were males and 25 were athletes and 53 were non-athletes. People who did not play a varsity or club sport were considered non-athletes. The 13 contact sport athletes played soccer, football, rugby, or basketball, and the 12 non-contact sport athletes participated in Ultimate Frisbee, baseball, tennis, swimming, volleyball, crew, or dance.
The participants were asked to respond to a questionnaire that asked about what they do to improve their mood when angry or furious. Then they filled out a demographics questionnaire.