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Journal of Adolescence

Volume 25, Issue 4, August 2002, Pages 365-371
Journal of Adolescence

Regular Article
Assessment of self-reported anger expression in pre- and early-adolescent African Americans: psychometric considerations

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Abstract

This study examined the psychometric properties of the Speilberger state–trait anger expression inventory (STAXI) and Framingham (FAS) anger scales in 86 African American youth. Significant gender differences were not observed for the STAXI or FAS subscales scores (all p>0·17). Inter-scale correlations revealed that the anger-in and anger-out subscales of the STAXI and FAS were measuring similar, yet different constructs. For the STAXI, intra-scale correlations indicated that the anger-in and anger-out subscales were not independent (p<0·001), whereas the anger-in and anger-out subscales (FAS) were not statistically related (p>0·05). The component structures for the anger-control subscale (STAXI) and the anger subscales (FAS) were similar to those reported by the scale authors. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd on behalf of The Association for Professionals in Services for Adolescents

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Rodney Clark's contribution to this manuscript was supported by a Research Scientist Development Award (1 K01 MH01867-01) from the National Institute of Mental Health.

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Reprint requests and correspondence should be addressed to Cheryl Armstead, Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina-Columbia, 1512 Pendleton Street, Columbia SC 29108, U.S.A. (E-mail: [email protected]).

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