生气的心理益处之二Angry people are more optimisticIt may sound like an odd thing to say, but angrypeople have something in common with happy people. That's because both tend tobe more optimistic.

Take one study of fear of terrorism carried out inthe aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In this study those experiencinganger expected fewer attacks in the future (Lerner et al., 2003).

In contrastthose experiencing more fear were more pessimistic about the future andexpected further attacks.