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The transition from interpersonal anger to hate is serially mediated by anger rumination and unresolved grudges, with grudge acting as the most central and influential variable in this emotional network. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To investigate the psychological mechanisms through which anger transforms into interpersonal hate by mapping structural relations and directional pathways among anger, rumination, and grudges.

August 14, 2026The Journal of Psychology

Mapping Interpersonal Hate: A Network and Mediation Analysis of Anger, Rumination, and Grudge

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RGRuchira Gangopadhyay PSParwinder Singh

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Cross-sectional network analysis reveals that rumination and grudges serially mediate hate from anger, highlighting key psychological targets for conflict-prevention interventions.

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To investigate the psychological mechanisms through which anger transforms into interpersonal hate by mapping structural relations and directional pathways among anger, rumination, and grudges.
Assessed self-report measures of anger, anger rumination, grudge, and hate in a sample of 740 participants.
Conducted regularized network analysis to assess structural centrality indices (strength, betweenness, closeness) alongside serial mediation analysis.
Network analysis identified grudge as the most central and influential construct, exhibiting the highest strength, betweenness, and closeness metrics.
Serial mediation analysis demonstrated that the association between anger and hate is sequentially mediated through anger rumination followed by grudge formation.

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Gangopadhyay et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ec764b70b84ec8b913b25 https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2026.2716095

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August 14, 2026The Journal of Psychology

Mapping Interpersonal Hate: A Network and Mediation Analysis of Anger, Rumination, and Grudge

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Authors

RGRuchira Gangopadhyay PSParwinder Singh

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Overview

Cross-sectional network analysis reveals that rumination and grudges serially mediate hate from anger, highlighting key psychological targets for conflict-prevention interventions.

Key Points

To investigate the psychological mechanisms through which anger transforms into interpersonal hate by mapping structural relations and directional pathways among anger, rumination, and grudges.
Assessed self-report measures of anger, anger rumination, grudge, and hate in a sample of 740 participants.
Conducted regularized network analysis to assess structural centrality indices (strength, betweenness, closeness) alongside serial mediation analysis.
Network analysis identified grudge as the most central and influential construct, exhibiting the highest strength, betweenness, and closeness metrics.
Serial mediation analysis demonstrated that the association between anger and hate is sequentially mediated through anger rumination followed by grudge formation.

Cite This Study

Gangopadhyay et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ec764b70b84ec8b913b25 https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2026.2716095

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