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Matthew J Jasinski¹, Mark A Lumley¹, Deborah V Latsch¹

¹a Department of Psychology , Wayne State University.

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Self-report measures of anger expression, like the Anger Expression Inventory (AEI), show mixed validity. Only the AEI Anger-Out scale reliably predicted objective anger expression in adults with chronic pain.

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Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Pain Management

Background:

Self-report measures of emotional expression are widely used but their accuracy in predicting objective emotional displays, especially anger, is not well established.
Assessing emotional expression is complex, influenced by general emotional experiences, the specificity of emotions, and self-awareness limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the validity of three self-report questionnaires in predicting objective anger expression.
To examine the Anger Expression Inventory (AEI), Emotional Approach Coping Scale (EAC), and Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (TAS-20) in predicting anger expression in adults with chronic back pain.

Main Methods:

Ninety-five adults with chronic back pain completed the AEI, EAC, and TAS-20.
Participants engaged in a frustrating task with a confederate, followed by a 4-minute period of expressing their feelings.
Objective anger expression was assessed through video coding by blinded raters and analysis of anger-related words in transcripts.

Main Results:

The AEI Anger-Out scale significantly predicted greater objective anger expression.
The EAC Emotional Processing scale predicted less anger expression, but the EAC Emotional Expression scale did not.
The TAS-20 predicted greater objective anger expression, while the AEI Anger-In scale did not.

Conclusions:

The findings support the validity of the AEI Anger-Out scale for assessing anger expression.
The study raises questions about the validity of other self-report measures (EAC, TAS-20, AEI Anger-In) for predicting objective anger.
There is a need for performance-based or clinician-rated measures to accurately assess emotional expression, particularly anger.