General Information

The Anger Response Inventory is a scenario-based self-report measure in which respondents are presented with common, developmentally appropriate situations that are likely to elicit anger. They are asked to imagine themselves in each situation and then rate on a 5-point scale how angry they would be in such a situation, what they would feel like doing (not necessarily what they would actually do), their aggressive and nonaggressive behaviors, and their assessment of the likely long-term consequences of their reactions. Three versions of this inventory exist: child, adolescent, and adult. Information pertaining to the adolescent version can be found below.

Number of Versions:	3
Version:	Adolescent Version
Author(s):	June Price Tangney, Patricia E. Wagner, J. Gavlas, & Richard Gramzow
Date of Publication:	1991
Material(s) Needed for Test:	Instrument
Manual:	Available
Charge for one form or kit:	No

Purpose and Nature of Test

Construct(s) Measured:	Anger
Population for which designed:	Age Range: 12 through 20 years old
Method of Administration:	Group and Individual
Source of Information:	Self
Subtests and Scores:	Intentions, Behavioral Responses - Aggressive, Behavioral Responses - Nonaggressive, Cognitive Reappraisals, Long-term Consequences
Number of Items:	20
Type of Scale:	Likert

Technical Evaluation

Norms: 

Sample Size:	427
Population:	Child and adolescent samples were drawn from several public schools in an East Coast suburban area that serves an ethnically, socioeconomically, and culturally diverse community.
Culture/ethnicity:	African-American, Caucasian
SES Level:	Not reported by author(s).

Reliability: 

Psychometric information:	Provided for Full Scales.
The range of Test-Retest Value:	Not assessed
The range of Inter-rater reliability:	Not assessed
The range of Internal consistency:	0.80

Validity: 

 Criterion validity was assessed and found to be acceptable.

Practical Evaluation

Scoring Procedure:	Manual Scoring
Examiner Qualifications and Training Required:	None
Permission Required to Use Instrument:	Yes
If yes, by whom:	June Price Tangney

Notes

Original Reference(s):

Tangney, J. P., Wagner, P. E., Gavlas, J., & Gramzow, R. (1991). The Anger Response Inventory for Adolescents (ARI-Adol). George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

Other Reference(s):

Tangney, J. P., Wanger, P. E., Hill-Barlow, D., Marschall, D. E., & Gramzow, R. (1996). Relation of shame and guilt to constructive versus destructive responses to anger across the lifespan. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70 (4), 797-809. Tangney, J. P., Borenstein, J. K., & Hill-Barlow, D. (1996). Developmental changes in constructive vs. destructive anger management strategies. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada. Tangney, J. P., Becker, B., & Barlow, D. H. (1996). Gender differences in constructive vs. destructive responses to anger across the lifespan. Unpublished manuscript, George Mason University. Tangney, J. P., Hill-Barlow, D., Wagner, P. E., Marschall, D. E., Borenstein, J. K., Sanftner, J., Mohr, T., & Gramzow, R. (1996). Assessing individual differences in constructive versus destructive responses to anger across the lifespan. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70 (4), 780-796.

Contact

Name:	June Price Tangney
Organization:	George Mason University - Psychology Department
Address:	4400 University Drive, 2007A Mail Stop# 3F5, David J. King Hall
City:	Fairfax
State:	VA
Zip:	22030-4444
Phone:	(703) 993-4051
Fax:	(703) 993-1359
E-mail:	jtangney@gmu.edu
Website:	http://www.gmu.edu/

Last updated by Violence Institute of New Jersey:  July 2006