01696nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001000118653001200128653003000140653001500170653001500185100002400200700002700224700002700251245008400278300001200362490000700374520105700381022001401438020001401452       2012                            d  c06/2012bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aAnger10aAnxiety10abronchial asthma patients10aexperience10aexpression1 aAntonio Cano-Vindel1 aJuan Carlos Fernández1 aCharles D. Spielberger00aThe experience and expression of anger and anxiety in bronchial asthma patients  a221-2300 v183 aAbstract: This study investigated differences between asthma patients and a control group of healthy individuals in their responses to eight measures of trait anxiety and the experience, expression and control of anger. The Inventory of Situations and Responses of Anxiety (ISRA) and a Spanish adaptation of State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI) were administered to medical outpatients diagnosed as suffering from bronchial asthma and a control group of healthy persons closely matched for age and gender. Asthma patients had significantly higher ISRA trait anxiety scores, reported more physiological and motor anxiety, thoughts of insecurity, as well as more anxiety in relation to four different situational areas. The asthma patients also reported experiencing anger more frequently, and without provocation, than healthy persons as reflected in higher STAXI T-Anger, Angry Temperament, and Anger-Out scores. These results provide evidence of the importance of dealing with negative emotions in the treatment of bronchial asthma patients.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437