Editing Anger management (section)

==Benefits==
The benefits of undergoing anger management brings around the successful reduction in anger and violent outbursts. Personal relationships that have been previously strained by a high level of aggression may undergo improvement. Professionally, workplace relationships have a similar outcome that are beneficial to an individual's career and personal sense of satisfaction. Legally, continued attendance to anger management programs, mandated or not, can be seen as a sign of good faith. For incarcerated individuals, an earlier parole time can be the result of good behavior learned from anger management classes. From an emotional standpoint, reducing the internal level of anger results in a decrease in stress and an increase in overall happiness as a result.

From a medical standpoint, physical illnesses also improve from positive emotional and behavioral changes. Anger management style and overall level of anger has been associated with both acute and chronic pain sensitivity.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Burns, J.|author2=Bruehl, S.|author3=Caceres, C.|name-list-style=amp|year=2004|title=Anger management style, blood pressure reactivity, and acute pain sensitivity: Evidence for "trait X situation" models|journal=Annals of Behavioral Medicine|volume=27|issue=3|pages=195–204|pmid=15184095|doi=10.1207/s15324796abm2703_7|s2cid=3668206|doi-access=free}}</ref> [[Blood pressure]] is another physiological aspect affected by anger, with increased levels of anger being correlated with higher blood pressure.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Faber, S.|author2=Burns, J.|name-list-style=amp|year=1996|title=Anger management style, degree of expressed anger, and gender influence cardiovascular recovery from interpersonal harassment|journal=Journal of Behavioral Medicine|volume=19|issue=1|pages=31–53|pmid=8932660|doi=10.1007/BF01858173|s2cid=2542405}}</ref> The implications of an effect on blood pressure for overall health is made evident by the link between high blood pressure and the increased risk of [[cardiovascular disease]]. An increase in the immune system's efficacy has also been observed as a result of the increased level of relaxation.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Weber, C.|author2=Arck, P.|author3=Mazurek, B.|author4=Klapp, B.|name-list-style=amp|year=2002|title=Impact of a relaxation training on psychometric and immunologic parameters in tinnitus sufferers|journal=Journal of Psychosomatic Research|volume=52|issue=1|pages=29–33|pmid=11801262|doi=10.1016/S0022-3999(01)00281-1
}}</ref> Successful anger management could also lead to an overall longer life span due to the decrease in reckless behavior and violent altercations.