What Is your Anger style?
and what triggers your Anger?
On-Line Questionnaire
Anger triggers
Finding out our anger triggers is the first step to manage our Anger. Its also a way for us to understand more about ourselves and what we need to work on.
The following questionnaire attempts to find out what type of Anger triggers you have?
- Accidents and unexpected delays
- Mistakes and negligence of others
- Impatience (repeated annoyances)
- Injustice (when one is wronged)
- Criticism/Blame (criticized in public?)
- Insults and rudeness.
- Opinions not valued or being dismissed.
- Loss of control, or feeling that others want to control us.
- When goals and wants are impeded or blocked (restraining desires)
An over all Anger score is computed to indicate the overall level of anger as well.
The questionnaire is based on a modified version of the Novaco anger scale.
Here is the Link to the Anger trigger/style questionnaire
It takes 7-8 minutes to finish. Thank you for your patience.
Anger style and triggers Link
(some of the questions are based on the STAXI-II state-Trait anger assessment)
Anger styles
Anger style can be described using the following dimensions:
- Anger out/In : is it expressed or kept In
- Anger control: Do we attempt to control our expression of Anger
- Impulsive: can we delay responding when we are angry? or we can barely wait to act on our urges?
- Punitive: The direction of anger, is it to punish and get even or the main intent is to mend and restore a situation?
- Deflective/reflective: Do we deflect our angers on others (lash out on others because we are having a bad day) or its directed and selective.
- Aggression: Do we use verbal and physical aggression in our anger.
- Brood: Do we tend to think and retain angry thoughts for a long time
- Irritable: How fast do we get angry? (does it take a lot for us to finally be angry)
- Duration: How long do we stay angry for? (do fast do we calm down after being angry)
