Clinical Anger Scale (CAS)
Psychology: Mental Health1 sample item
About this scale
Anger is a normal human emotion. Certain people may show clinical anger which is a chromic and pervasive anger. The difference between anger and clinical anger maybe comparible to the difference between feeling down and clinical depression . In other words, when an otherwise common emotion becomes long lasting, it becomes a clinical problem. Professor Snell developed the Clinical Anger Scale to measure this ( Snell et al., 1995 ).
Sample item(s)
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Notes
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Source & citation
Snell, W. E., Jr., Gum, S., Shuck, R. L., Mosley, J. A., & Kite, T. L. (1995). The clinical anger scale: Preliminary reliability and validity. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 51(2) , 215-226. | Snell, W. E., Jr. (2002). Chapter 1: Clinical anger: Construct, measurement, reliability, and validity. In W. E. Snell, Jr. (Ed.), Progress in the study of physical and psychological health. Cape Girardeau, MO: Snell Publications. WEB: http://cstl-cla.semo.edu/snell/books/health/health.htm .
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