A Brief Measure for the Assessment of Anger and Aggression

Abstract

A brief, six-item measure was developed for the rapid screening and identification of anger and aggression levels in violence-prone men. Four studies were conducted to examine the reliability and validity of the measure using a clinical data base of 401 men. Analyses indicated a satisfactory degree of internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and a significant relationship between the brief measure and Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory total scores. Significantly higher scores were observed for three types of assault samples, including a group of domestic batterers, a group of generally assaultive men, and a mixed assault group, when compared to nonviolent controls. A cutting score for violent versus nonviolent group classification was determined via discriminant analysis. Significant differences observed at post-test between an anger management treatment group and waiting-list control subjects further illustrated the measure's sensitivity to changes in psychological status and provided additional support for its clinical validity and utility.

Boredom begs to differ: Differentiation from other negative emotions.

“…Unfortunately, however, the correlations between boredom and other negative emotions are accompanied by an overlap in several of their correlates and consequences. For example, boredom proneness predicts aggression (Dahlen et al, 2004), but so do frustration (e.g., Miller, 1941) and anger (Maiuro, Vitaliano, & Cahn, 1987). Furthermore, although empirical work has confirmed that boredom involves a sense of meaninglessness (Fahlman, Mercer, Gaskocski, Eastwood, & Eastwood, 2009;Van Tilburg & Igou, 2012), so do sadness and feelings of depression (Steger, Frazier, Oishi, & Kaler, 2006).…”

Relations among personality scales of aggression, violence, and empathy: Validational evidence bearing on the risk of eruptive violence scale

“…This study was designed to investigate relations among questionnaire scales of Anger and Aggression [Maiuro et al, 1987], Feelings and Acts of Violence [Plutchik and van Praag, 1990], REV [Mehrabian, 1996c], Emotional Empathic Tendency [EETS, Mehrabian and Epstein, 1972], and Balanced Emotional Empathy [Mehrabian, 1996b]. The EETS was one of the most widely used measures of emotional empathy in the literature [Chlopan et al, 1985;Mehrabian et al, 1988;Miller and Eisenberg, 1988].…”

“…Brief Anger-Aggression Questionnaire [Maiuro et al, 1987]. This scale consists of six items exemplified by: "When I get mad I say threatening or nasty things"; "When I really lose my temper, I am capable of hitting or slapping someone."…”

“…Three measures of aggression and violence and two measures of emotional empathy were used. These were the Brief Anger-Aggression Questionnaire [Maiuro et al, 1987], the Feelings and Acts of Violence Scale [Plutchik and van Praag, 1990], the Risk of Eruptive Violence Scale [REV; Mehrabian, 1996c], the Emotional Empathic Tendency Scale [EETS; Mehrabian and Epstein, 1972], and the Balanced Emotional Empathy Scale [BEES; Mehrabian, 1996b].…”

Análisis comparativo de predictores potenciales de prácticas disciplinarias severas con preescolares, antes y después de un entrenamiento para padres.

“…El CBCA (Brief Anger Agression Questionnaire, Maiuro, Vitaliano & Cahn, 1987) es una medida de seis ítems para valorar los niveles de coraje (e.j., a veces siento que me toca la peor parte de la vida) y agresión (e.j., me pongo tan enojado(a) que golpeo, aviento, o pateo cosas). Los ítems son calificados en una escala que va de 0 (extremadamente improbable) a 4 (muy probable), con un total de calificaciones de 0 a 24 (la calificación de corte en 9 indica una probabilidad justa de descontrol por coraje o agresión).…”