What + Who: Anger + Stress, Williams (2000)
Procudure: 13,000 complete a 10 question anger scales, questions like 'were they hot headed'. None of the participants had heart disease.
Six years later, health of participants was checked, 256 heart attacks.
Resuts: People with high anger scale were 2x more likely to have heart attack. 35% who scored moderate more likely to experience heart problems
Conclusion:Anger may lead to cardiovascular problems.
Evaluation: ethical issues, only correlational, just a link no cause.
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