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The Anger Expression Scale and State-Trait Anger Scale

Stability, Reliability, and Factor Structure in an Inmate Sample

Millhaven Institution, Bath, Ontario, Canada

JOHN R. REDDON

Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The present study examined psychometric properties of the Anger Expression Scale (AX) and the State-Trait Anger Scale (STAS) in an inmate sample. Principal component analysis of the Anger Expression Scale yielded three factors: anger-in, anger-out, and anger-control. The internal consistency reliabilities of the factor scales were .72, .80, and .87, respectively. Three factors were indicated for the State-Trait Anger Scale: experience of anger/hostility (state items), arousal of anger (seven trait items), situational anger when devalued (three trait items), with internal consistency alphas of .94, .79, .71, respectively. Although there was a factor distinction between state- and trait-anger, test-retest coefficients were stronger for the state than for the trait subscale, thereby questioning a temporal state/trait distinction. Overall, the results support the use of the Anger Expression Scale for inmates, but the State-Trait Anger Scale should be used with caution.

Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 19, No. 4, 397-408 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/0093854892019004004


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