In a mixed-design narrative study, we explore how adolescent boys and girls represent experiences of anger and how their narrations are linked to self-esteem and anxiety. Polish teens from three nonurban public schools (N = 101, 55% female, Mage = 15.5) wrote narrative accounts of their typical anger experience. We use a thematic analysis framework to analyze the patterns in these narratives. Boys and girls told stories within school, family, and relationship contexts. However, boys provided more stories that focused on the theme of everyday incidental instances of anger, whereas girls provided more stories focused on the theme of negative inner experiences. In-depth analysis resulted in the emergence of two complex narrative patterns: Anger as Outburst and Anger as Burden. Anger as Outburst described heated anger related to difficulties in self-control and aggression and was more characteristic of boys. Anger as Burden contained stories of prolonged anger related to negative self-evaluation and was more characteristic of girls. Anger as Burden was also related to higher anxiety and lower self-esteem. We conclude that in the given cultural context, adolescents lack positive narratives to frame their anger adaptively.

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“愤怒减损了美感”：青少年关于愤怒的叙述中的性别差异

在一项混合设计的叙事研究中，我们探讨了青春期男孩和女孩如何表示愤怒的经历以及他们的叙述如何与自尊和焦虑联系在一起。来自三所非城市公立学校的波兰青少年（N = 101，女性55％，法师= 15.5）在叙述中叙述了他们典型的愤怒经历。我们使用主题分析框架来分析这些叙述中的模式。男孩和女孩在学校，家庭和人际关系中讲故事。但是，男孩提供了更多的故事，这些故事的主题是日常偶发的愤怒事件，而女孩提供了更多的故事，其主题是负面的内心体验。深入的分析导致出现了两种复杂的叙事模式：愤怒为爆发，愤怒为负担。愤怒（如《爆发》）描述了与自我控制和侵略困难相关的愤怒，这是男孩的特征。作为负担的愤怒包含与负面自我评价有关的长期愤怒的故事，并且更具有女孩的特征。作为负担的愤怒也与较高的焦虑和较低的自尊有关。我们得出的结论是，在特定的文化背景下，青少年缺乏积极的叙事方式来适应性地构造自己的愤怒。