title: The validity of multidimensional self-report anger and hostility measures.
abstract: The present study assessed the convergent and discriminant validity of multidimensional measures of anger and hostility and validated abbreviated neurotic and reactive hostility subscales of the Buss Durkee Hostility Inventory. A sample of 120 adults were administered the abbreviated Buss Durkee Reaction (RH) and Neurotic Hostility (NH) subscales, State-Trait Anger Scale (ST), Anger Self-Report General (ASRG) subscale, Multidimensional Anger Inventory (MAI), and Framingham Anger-in (FI), Anger-out (FO), and Discuss (FD) scales. An intercorrelation matrix supported the convergent and discriminant validity of these measures except for the Anger-in/Brood subscale of the MAI and the FO scale. Factor analysis of the scales resulted in three factors: anger experience/hostility, verbal/adaptive anger expression, and maladaptive/physical anger expression. Implications for future research on anger assessment, specifically the components of anger experience and anger expression or suppression, were discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912.
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Riley
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Treiber
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000786:Anger; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011594:Psychometrics