title: Assessment of self-reported anger expression in pre- and early-adolescent African Americans: psychometric considerations.
abstract: This study examined the psychometric properties of the Speilberger state-trait anger expression inventory (STAXI) and Framingham (FAS) anger scales in 86 African American youth. Significant gender differences were not observed for the STAXI or FAS subscales scores (all p>0.17). Inter-scale correlations revealed that the anger-in and anger-out subscales of the STAXI and FAS were measuring similar, yet different constructs. For the STAXI, intra-scale correlations indicated that the anger-in and anger-out subscales were not independent (p<0.001), whereas the anger-in and anger-out subscales (FAS) were not statistically related (p>0.05). The component structures for the anger-control subscale (STAXI) and the anger subscales (FAS) were similar to those reported by the scale authors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina-Columbia, 1512 Pendleton Street, Columbia SC 29108, USA. armstead@gwm.sc.edu
authors.forename: Cheryl A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Armstead
authors.forename: Rodney
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000786:Anger; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014481:United States