Angry ex-wife puts hate for husband on display

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116. Finding free, peer reviewed studies can be time consuming, but here is one...

http://illinois.edu/lb/files/2009/03/26/9293.pdf

Does distraction or rumination work better to diffuse anger?
Catharsis theory predicts that rumination works best, but empirical
evidence is lacking. In this study, angered participants hit a
punching bag and thought about the person who had angered
them (rumination group) or thought about becoming physically
fit (distraction group). After hitting the punching bag, they
reported how angry they felt. Next, they were given the chance to
administer loud blasts of noise to the person who had angered
them. There also was a no punching bag control group. People in
the rumination group felt angrier than did people in the distraction
or control groups. People in the rumination group were also
most aggressive, followed respectively by people in the distraction
and control groups. Rumination increased rather than
decreased anger and aggression. Doing nothing at all was more
effective than venting anger. These results directly contradict
catharsis theory.