Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory [BDHI]. Matt Wasser is here on Researchgate.
He wrote: Reliability reporting across studies using the Buss Durkee Hostility Inventory. He certainly has an opinion if BDHI is good enough.
Greetings Aftab,
The best anger scale might depend on your target population (e.g., child/adolescent/adult, community/clinical, country/culture/language) and what aspects of anger you wish to measure. The BDHI is used widely. Another popular one is the STAXI-2 (Spielberger). One good source of info here is the International Handbook of Anger (Potegal, Stemmler, & Spielberger, 2010).
Aggression is often measured separately from anger, and here again their are various options, depending on your needs. A popular trait aggression measure is Buss and Perry's (1992) Aggression Questionnaire. Dodge & Coie's (1987) measure distinguishes reactive and proactive functions of aggression in children, and has since been modified by others (e.g., Raine et al., 2006; Little et al.). There are some published reviews of the many scales available (e.g., Suris et al., 2004, in Aggression and Violent Behavior).
Hope that helps, and best wishes. Brad
In a population of people with intellectual disability the Modified Overt Aggression Scale has been used widely. Please see references below.
Stephen
Sorgi P, Ratey J, Knoedler DW, Markert RJ, Reichman M. Rating aggression in the clinical setting a retrospective adaptation of the Overt Aggression Scale: preliminary results. J Neuropsychiat 1991; 3: 552-556.
Oliver PC, Crawford MJ, Rao B, Reece B, Tyrer P. Modified overt aggression scale (MOAS) for people with intellectual disability and aggressive challenging behaviour: a reliability study. J Appl Res Intellect Disabil 2007; 20: 368-372.
Greetings Aftab,
La escala que debieras aplicar depende de las características que reúne la muestra o el participante: edad, sexo, condición cognitiva, objetivo de la evaluación, etc.
De otro lado, es preferible diferenciar los constructos de ira y agresión, antes de evaluarlos, así como determinar sobre cual base teórica entenderás estos conceptos.
Existen varias entre las que puedes escoger; la mayoría de estas originalmente están en inglés:
Un cordial saludo desde Colombia.
As always it depends on what you would like to measure.
If you would like to measure/ distiguish between anger as a state (anger as a temporary emotion) or as a trait (disposition to be angry) I would go for the STAXI-2 of Spielberger. It is the most often used questionnaire for research purposes in the field of anger.
If you want to take a more clinical approach, I think I would go for the Anger Disorder Scale of Digiuseppe or the Novaco Anger Scale. You might also consider the Anger Rumination Scale from Sukhodolsky.
With regard to aggression I think it is useful to distinguish between reactive and proactive aggression (See the RPQ, Raine). The Anger Questionnaire is also an often used questionnaire (and contains an anger subscale [trait] as well).
You might also consider observation scales for aggression for more clinical purposes.
For a more behavioral approach for research purposes you might consider the Point Substractin Aggression Paradigm, the hot sauce paradigm, or the Taylor Aggression Paradigm. You could also use a voodoo doll on which participants can vent their anger.
Hope it is helpful.
Clinical Anger Scale, Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire, Barratt Impulsivity Scale, STAXI-2..
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