58 Unit 8B Emotions, Stress, and Health
Name Period Date
HANDOUT 8B–18
Multidimensional Anger Inventory
Instructions: Everybody gets angry from time to time. A number of statements that people have used to describe the
times that they get angry are included below. Read each statement and circle the number to the left of the statement
that best describes you. There are no right or wrong answers.
If the statement is completely undescriptive of you, circle 1.
If the statement is mostly undescriptive of you, circle 2.
If the statement is partly undescriptive and partly descriptive of you, circle 3.
If the statement is mostly descriptive of you, circle 4.
If the statement is completely descriptive of you, circle 5.
Please answer every item.
1 2 3 4 5 1. I tend to get angry more frequently than most people.
1 2 3 4 5 2. Other people seem to get angrier than I do in similar circumstances.
1 2 3 4 5 3. I harbor grudges that I don’t tell anyone about.
1 2 3 4 5 4. I try to get even when I’m angry with someone.
1 2 3 4 5 5. I am secretly quite critical of others.
1 2 3 4 5 6. It is easy to make me angry.
1 2 3 4 5 7. When I am angry with someone, I let that person know.
1 2 3 4 5 8. I have met many people who are supposed to be experts who are no better than I.
1 2 3 4 5 9. Something makes me angry almost every day.
1 2 3 4 5 10. I often feel angrier than I think I should.
1 2 3 4 5 11. I feel guilty about expressing my anger.
1 2 3 4 5 12. When I am angry with someone, I take it out on whoever is around.
1 2 3 4 5 13. Some of my friends have habits that annoy and bother me very much.
1 2 3 4 5 14. I am surprised at how often I feel angry.
1 2 3 4 5 15. Once I let people know I’m angry, I can put it out of my mind.
1 2 3 4 5 16. People talk about me behind my back.
1 2 3 4 5 17. At times, I feel angry for no specific reason.
1 2 3 4 5 18. I can make myself angry about something in the past just by thinking about it.
1 2 3 4 5 19. Even after I have expressed my anger, I have trouble forgetting about it.
1 2 3 4 5 20. When I hide my anger from others, I think about it for a long time.
1 2 3 4 5 21. People can bother me just by being around.
1 2 3 4 5 22. When I get angry, I stay angry for hours.
1 2 3 4 5 23. When I hide my anger from others, I forget about it pretty quickly.
1 2 3 4 5 24. I try to talk over problems with people without letting them know I’m angry.
1 2 3 4 5 25. When I get angry, I calm down faster than most people.
1 2 3 4 5 26. I get so angry, I feel like I might lose control.
1 2 3 4 5 27. If I let people see the way I feel, I’d be considered a hard person to get along with.
1 2 3 4 5 28. I am on my guard with people who are friendlier than I expected.
1 2 3 4 5 29. It’s difficult for me to let people know I’m angry.
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HANDOUT 8B–18 (continued)
30. I get angry when:
1 2 3 4 5 a. someone lets me down.
1 2 3 4 5 b. people are unfair.
1 2 3 4 5 c. something blocks my plans.
1 2 3 4 5 d. I am delayed.
1 2 3 4 5 e. someone embarrasses me.
1 2 3 4 5 f. I have to take orders from someone less capable than I.
1 2 3 4 5 g. I have to work with incompetent people.
1 2 3 4 5 h. I do something stupid.
1 2 3 4 5 i. I am not given credit for something I have done.
Source: Siegel, J. (1986). The multidimensional anger inventory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51,
199–200. Copyright © 1986 by the American Psychological Association. Reprinted by permission.
