Sunday, April 14, 2013

Anger Statics

The Mental Health Foundations of London, England, published a report entitled Boiling Point-Problem Anger and What We can do about it. Key findings from the report include the following statics:

84% feel more stressed at work than five years ago.

65% of office workers have experienced office rage.

45% of staff regularly loses their temper at work.

Up to 60% of all absences from work are caused by stress.

33% of Britons are not on speaking terms with their neighbors.

64% either strongly agree or agree that people in general are getting angrier.

32% say they have a close friend or family member who has trouble controlling [his or her] anger.