General Information

The Children's Inventory of Anger (ChIA) is a self-report instrument that identifies the kinds of situations that provoke anger in particular children, as well as the intensity of their anger response. It contains 39 items and requires just 10 minutes to complete. The ChIA is brief, quick, and inexpensive, and provides the child's perspective on his or her own anger.

Number of Versions:	1
Version:	Children's Inventory of Anger
Author(s):	W. M. Nelson and A. J. Finch
Date of Publication:	2000
Material(s) Needed for Test:	Instrument (ChIA AutoScore Form), Pen
Manual:	Available
Time to Administer:	10 minutes
Charge for one form or kit:	Yes

Purpose and Nature of Test

Construct(s) Measured:	Aggression, Social skills, Anger
Population for which designed:	Age Range: 6 through 16 years old Grade Level: First Grade to High School Junior
Method of Administration:	Group and Individual
Source of Information:	Self
Subtests and Scores:	Frustration, Physical Aggression, Peer Relationshiops, Authority Relations, Inconsistent Responding Validity Index
Number of Items:	39
Type of Scale:	Likert

Technical Evaluation

Norms: 

Sample Size:	1,604
Population:	Children were drawn from research sites across the country that were primarily public school settings in both urban and rural areas, although a few private schhols were also included.
Culture/ethnicity:	African-American, Asian-American, Caucasian, Hispanic/Latino, Other
SES Level:	Not reported by author(s).

Reliability: 

Psychometric information:	Provided for Subscales.
The range of Test-Retest Value:	0.65 to 0.75
The range of Inter-rater reliability:	Not assessed
The range of Internal consistency:	0.85 to 0.86

Validity: 

 Criterion validity was assessed and found to be acceptable.

Practical Evaluation

Scoring Procedure:	Manual and Computer Scoring
Examiner Qualifications and Training Required:	Masters Degree
Permission Required to Use Instrument:	Yes
If yes, by whom:	Western Psychological Services

Notes

Original Reference(s):

Nelson, W. M., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1978). The Children's Inventory of Anger (CIA). Unpublished manuscript, Medical University of South Carolina, Charlston.

Other Reference(s):

Nelson, W. M., & Finch, A. J. (2000). Children's Inventory of Anger (CHIA): Manual. Los Angeles, CA: Western Psychological Service. Shoemaker, O. W., Erickson, M. T., & Finch, A. J. Jr. (1986). Depression and anger in third- and fourth-grade boys: A multimethod assessment approach. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 15 (4), 290-296. Nelson, W. M., Hart, K. J., & Finch, A. J. (1993). Anger in children: A cognitive behavioral view of the assessment-therapy connection. Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 11 (3), 135-150.

Contact

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City:	Los Angeles
State:	CA
Zip:	90025-1251
Phone:	(800) 648-8857
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Last updated by Violence Institute of New Jersey:  February 2007