title: Anger Rumination Scale: Validation in Mexico.
abstract: The aim of the study was to assess the validity of the Anger Rumination Scale (ARS; Sukhodolsky, Golub, & Cromwell, 2001) in a Mexican sample (n = 700, M age = 38.6, SD = 12.42). Through confirmatory factor analysis and using modification indices, the four-factor structure of the original scale was replicated: angry afterthoughts, thoughts of revenge, angry memories, and understanding of causes. In addition, the four-factor model had better goodness of fit indices than rival models with three and two factors. Alpha reliabilities were acceptable (.72 -.89). ARS results correlated with measures of state anger, trait anger, anger expression, and anger control (negatively); correlations were significant (ps < .001) ARS outcomes also correlated (ps < .001) with physical and verbal aggression, hostility, anger, and emotion suppression, suggesting convergent validity. Men reported more thoughts of revenge than women (p < .001; Eta squared = .026), but there was no evidence of gender differences on the other anger rumination scales, or in total scores.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo(México).
authors.forename: Norma
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ortega Andrade
authors.affiliation: Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla(México).
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alcázar-Olán
authors.affiliation: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo(México).
authors.forename: Oscar Mariano
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Matías
authors.affiliation: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo(México).
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rivera Guerrero
authors.affiliation: Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México(México).
authors.forename: Alejandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Domínguez Espinosa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000502:physiology*; D000786:Anger / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D011889:Rage / Q000502:physiology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D013850:Thinking / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: aggression; anger; rage; rumination