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The anger management scale: development and preliminary psychometric properties.

Sandra M Stith1, Sherry L Hamby

  • 1Department of Human Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Falls Church, 22043, USA. sstith@vt.edu

Violence and Victims
|October 2, 2002
PubMed
Summary

The new Anger Management Scale (AMS) helps monitor skills for managing anger constructively. This tool is vital for domestic violence and youth prevention programs, assessing behaviors that impact partner violence.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Forensic Psychology

Background:

  • Constructive anger management is crucial for domestic violence offender treatment and youth prevention.
  • Existing measures do not specifically assess anger management skills relevant to intimate partner violence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Introduce and validate the Anger Management Scale (AMS).
  • Develop a tool to assess cognitions and behaviors influencing anger and partner violence within intimate relationships.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a 36-item scale with 20-item and 12-item short forms.
  • The AMS includes four subscales: Escalating Strategies, Negative Attributions, Self-Awareness, and Calming Strategies.
  • Preliminary psychometric evaluation using a college student sample (n = 475).

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Main Results:

  • The AMS demonstrated a meaningful factor structure.
  • Reliability analyses showed good internal consistency (alpha .70 to .87).
  • The scale exhibited good construct validity.

Conclusions:

  • The Anger Management Scale (AMS) is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing anger management skills.
  • The AMS can be used to monitor skills in treatment and prevention programs.
  • The scale's subscales provide specific insights into anger-related cognitions and behaviors in intimate relationships.