The Development of Anger

Abstract

(from the book) draws on experimental studies of the developing child to address [whether direct experimental observation of infants supports the concept of an aggressive drive underlying rage] / [argues that rage] is not a response directed toward the return of pleasure but rather a non-directed affect explosion, reflecting a desperate attempt to defend the child's emerging sense of itself against catastrophic threat suggest that shame is the threat to this fragile developing self; rage is the danger of feeling shame (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved).