2018, Number 5
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Salud Mental 2018; 41 (5)
Construct validity of a new scale for assessing anger proneness (APS-G)
García-Cadena CH, Daniel-González L, Valle OA, Caycho-Rodriguez T, Téllez LA
Language: English
References: 53
Page: 229-236
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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; χ
2 = 5.515; χ
2/
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.
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