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

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/venting-doesnt-reduce-anger-but-something-else-does-study-discovers/
- Published: 2025-11-18T09:45:00-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

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. […] Click here to view original web page at www.sciencealert.com