title: The short anger measure: development of a measure to assess anger in forensic populations.
abstract: In this brief report we describe the development of a measure of anger that may be used by nurses and other professionals to assess anger and changes in anger with male offenders. The Short Anger Measure, a 12-item self-report measure of angry feelings and aggressive impulses, was administered to 73 male offenders. The measure showed sound psychometric properties (internal consistency reliability, test-retest reliability) and concurrent validity with an established measure of anger. The potential use of the measure by nurses working in forensic settings is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: 1School of Nursing & Midwifery, Flinders University, and 2School of Psychology, Deakin University.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gerace
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Day
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000786:Anger; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011329:Prisoners; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult