Experiment 1: Mean anger-relatedness scores.

<p>Experiment 1: Mean anger-relatedness scores.</p

Experiment 1: Mean participant characteristics.

<p>Experiment 1: Mean participant characteristics.</p

Mean ratings by independent rater of behavioral responses during the hypnosis session.

<p>Error bars represent standard errors of the mean.</p

Participant Characteristics and Experimental Ratings.

<p><i>Note.</i> HGHS:A = Harvard Group Hypnotizability Scale: Form A. SHSS:C = Stanford Hypnotic Suspectibility Scale: Form C. Standard deviations appear in parentheses.</p

Experiment 1: Mean number of self-agent, self-target, and other memories.

<p>Experiment 1: Mean number of self-agent, self-target, and other memories.</p

Experiment 2: Mean participant characteristics.

<p>Experiment 2: Mean participant characteristics.</p

Experiment 2: Mean number of self-agent, self-target, and other memories.

<p>Experiment 2: Mean number of self-agent, self-target, and other memories.</p

Autobiographical Memory in the Angry Self

<div><p>The impact of anger on autobiographical recall was examined in two studies. In Experiment 1, 76 participants differing in trait anger completed an autobiographical memory task (AMT). In Experiment 2, 50 participants with elevated trait anger were either provoked or not provoked and subsequently completed an AMT. Across both studies, participants with high dispositional anger reported more anger-related memories, describing themselves as the primary agent of anger. In Experiment 2, provoked participants reported more memories describing themselves as the target of anger. These findings highlight the distinct patterns of memory recall associated with trait versus state anger. Findings are discussed in terms of retrieval biases operating in angry individuals and proposals stemming from self-memory system models of autobiographical memory.</p></div

Experiment 2: Mean PANAS ratings, facial expression scores, and anger-relatedness scores.

<p>Experiment 2: Mean PANAS ratings, facial expression scores, and anger-relatedness scores.</p