Anger can lead to violence and destroy relationships. A psychological training method based on empirical wisdom called ``anger management'' is known for suppressing anger, but this is not a method based on experiments or objective facts. There are several anger suppression techniques, but all of them require a high cognitive load and are difficult to practice during anger, so there has been a need for effective suppression techniques.

　In this study, participants were made to feel angry by giving a low evaluation to a sentence they had written, and then asked to objectively write down on paper the situation when they felt angry, and the subjective evaluation was The intensity of anger was quantified using an "anger score" based on

　The results showed that when subjects received low ratings for their own writing, their anger scores increased compared to when they were at rest. Participants who objectively wrote down the situation that caused their anger and threw it in the trash had their anger scores reduced to the same level as when they were at rest, but those who kept the paper in place had higher anger scores than when they initially rested. Anger scores also decreased when paper was shredded instead of thrown in the trash.

　This can be applied to things such as when you feel angry in a business setting, you can write down your anger by taking notes, and then throw it away to suppress your anger at that moment. In the future, it will be necessary to verify whether similar effects can be obtained not only with paper but also with digital media such as e-mail and electronic files.

Paper information:[Scientific Reports] Anger is eliminated with the disposal of a paper writtenbecause of provocation