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KMID : 0607520040120020122
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Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
2004 Volume.12 No. 2 p.122 ~ p.134
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Development of the Anger Response Scale and its Application in Clinical Practice
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Koh Kyung-Bong
Kim Chan-Hyung
Kim Do-Hoon
Park Joong-Kyu
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Abstract
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to develop the Anger Response Scale(ARS), and then to use the scale in clinical practice.
Methods: First, a preliminary survey was conducted for 123 healthy adults to obtain 16 response items. Second, a preliminary questionnaire was completed by 258 healthy subjects. Third, a comparison was made regarding anger responses among 189 patients(59 with anxiety disorder, 72 with depressive disorder and 58 with somatoform disorder) and 258 healthy subjects.
Results: Factor analysis yielded 4 subscales : aggression, irritability, avoidance and anger suppression. Reliability was computed by administering the ARS to 53 healthy subjects during a 2-week interval. Test-retest reliability for 4 subscales and the total score was significantly high, ranging between .53-.71. Cronbach’s for 4 subscales ranged between .62-.72, and .76 for the total score. Convergent validity was computed by correlating the 4 subscales and the total score with the total score of Aggression Questionnaire, State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory, anger and aggression subscale of Stress Response Inventory and hostility subscale of Symptom Checklist-90-Revised. The disorder group was significantly higher than normal group in scores of the avoidance and anger suppression subacale. The depressive disorder and somatoform disorder groups scored significantly higher on the avoidance subscale than the normal group.
Conclusion: These results indicate that the ARS is highly reliable and valid. In addition, avoidance response is likely to be a characteristic anger response of the depressive disorder and somatoform disorder groups.
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KEYWORD
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Anger response scale, Reliability, Validity, Anxiety disorder, Depressive disorder, Somatoform disorder, Avoidance
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