General Information

The Anger Self-Report questionnaire measures awareness of anger, its behavioral expression, and amounts of personal mistrust and guilt. Separation of these factors is extremely important for psychodynamic and related psychotherapies' formulations of aggression.

Number of Versions:	1
Version:	Anger Self-Report
Author(s):	Martin L. Zelin, Gerald Adler, & Paul Myerson
Date of Publication:	1972
Material(s) Needed for Test:	Instrument
Manual:	Not Available
Charge for one form or kit:	No

Purpose and Nature of Test

Construct(s) Measured:	Aggression, Anger
Population for which designed:	Age Range: 13 and older
Method of Administration:	Group and Individual
Source of Information:	Self
Subtests and Scores:	Awareness of Anger, General Expression of Anger, Physical Aggression, Verbal Aggression, Guilt, Condemnation of Anger, Mistrust or Suspicion
Number of Items:	64
Type of Scale:	Likert

Technical Evaluation

Norms: 

Sample Size:	173
Population:	Psychiatric patients, College Students
Culture/ethnicity:	Not reported by author(s).
SES Level:	Not reported by author(s).

Reliability: 

Psychometric information:	Provided for Subscales.
The range of Test-Retest Value:	Not assessed
The range of Inter-rater reliability:	Not assessed
The range of Internal consistency:	0.64 to 0.83

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:	Martin L. Zelin

Notes

Original Reference(s):	Anger Self-Report: An objective questionnaire for the measurement of aggression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 39 (2), 340.
Other Reference(s):	Schill, T., & Wang, S. (1990). Correlates of the MMPI-2 Anger Content Scale. Psychological Reports, 67, 800-802. Zelin, M. L., Adler, G., & Myerson, P. G. (1972). The Anger Self-Report: An Objective Questionnaire for the Measurement of Aggression. Unpublished manuscript, Tufts University.

Contact

Name:	Martin Zelin, Ph.D. Associate Professor
Organization:	Department of Psychology
Address:	490 Boston Avenue
City:	Medford
State:	MA
Zip:	02155
Phone:	(617) 627-5904
Fax:	(617) 627-3181
E-mail:	martin.zelin@tufts.edu
Website:	http://ase.tufts.edu/psychology/siteguide.ht,l
Other:	Associate Professor

Last updated by Violence Institute of New Jersey:  July 2006