Anger
Adolescents, like many adults, become angry when mechanical things fail to work or in other impersonal situations. But the most effective stimuli in evoking anger are social-unfair treatment, unjust accusations, unwelcome advice. Among college students, high on the list comes thwarted self-assertion.
The most frequent response made by the angry adolescent is talking. Boys swear and lash back with sarcasm and ridicule. After such explosions the teen-agel' often becomes sulky or engages in behavior annoying to the individual with whom he or she is angry e.g., wllistling under the breath. Male adolescents may kick and throw things, girls cry. Gradually language responses substitut, more direct acts. Studies shO\v that college girls exhibit more fteq verbal responses to anger than do boys, who engage in more rhy combat.
The frequency of anger responses in adolescents is quitl dividual. It is related to such factors as coliege climates, pan restrictions, and in particular the degree of realism present in de, with problem solving. For many people annoyances take over in place of anger with maturity. Jl'alollsl/ often grows out of anger, and envy may take over. This is particularly true with the adolescent gir both jealousy and em'y, the typical adolescent reaction is verbal
