Research suggests that gender socialization contributes to how women perceive anger in general and anger in other women, and to how women express anger themselves. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether there is a relationship between how women perceive anger in other women and how they express anger themselves. Women age 18-75 (N=228) completed a vignette based on the vignettes, and theory of anger diversion in Cox, Van Velsor & Hulgus (2004), as well as the STAXI-2. Spearman Rho correlations found a relationship between how women express anger and how likely they feel other women would react in a similar manner. Comparisons were made and correlations were also found between how appropriate women gauge different anger responses, how likely they felt other women would engage in a similar manner, and women\u27s own anger expression style. Implications for practice and future research are included
