Title
Construct validity of a new scale for assessing anger proneness (APS-G)
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
García-Cadena C.H.
Daniel-González L.
Adrián Valle de la O.
López A.T.
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatria Ramon de la Fuente
Abstract
Introduction. The negative effects of anger on health highlight the value of developing short, reliable, and valid instruments that allow its assessment whether for the purpose of research, clinical diagnosis, and/or evaluation of interventions aimed at reducing it effectively. Objective. The primary aim of this research was to determine the construct, convergent, and discriminant validity, as well as the factorial invariance, of a new scale to measure anger proneness. Method. A confirmatory factorial analysis was used. Results. An online nonprobability sample composed of 457 participants (35.2% men and 64.8% women), with a mean age of 36.87 years (SD = 12.513) was recruited. The unidimensional model of the García's Brief Scale for Assessing Anger Proneness (APS-G scale) shows a good data fit (df = 2; χ2 = 5.515; χ2/df = 2.575; CFI = .993; GFI = .996; RMSEA = .051; SRMR = .0193). There are factorial, configural, metric, unrestricted, strong, and strict factorial invariances between men and women. Likewise, a positive correlation coefficient exists between the APS-G scale and the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2 (STAXI-2) (r = .561; p < .01); on the other hand, there is a negative correlation coefficient between the studied scale and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) (r = -.179; p < .01). Discussion and conclusion. A new reliable and valid instrument to measure anger proneness has been created, and its use is proposed for research and screening purposes with Spanish-speaking population.
Start page
229
End page
236
Volume
41
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Estadísticas, Probabilidad
Psicología (incluye terapias de aprendizaje, habla, visual y otras discapacidades físicas y mentales)
Psiquiatría
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85056418434
Source
Salud Mental
ISSN of the container
01853325
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus