Venting Doesn’t Reduce Anger, But Something Else Does, Study Discovers

Image credit: stockking via Freepik. Article by Russell McLendon. ScienceAlert – November 12, 2025. Research article: Clinical Psychology Review.

Venting when angry seems sensible. Conventional wisdom suggests expressing anger can help us quell it, like releasing steam from a pressure cooker. But this common metaphor is misleading, according to a meta-analytic review from 2024. Researchers at Ohio State University analyzed 154 studies on anger, finding little evidence that venting helps. In some cases, it could increase anger. […]

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