Anger is the most frequently and most commonly occurring phenomenon. Anger issues during adolescence lead to many developmental issues and have lifelong impact. Assessing anger at this stage is hence critical and important. Studies report anger experience and expression vary with respect to age, gender and culture. A newly developed adolescent anger scale by the author has been validated in this study. The newly developed scale along with State Trait Anger Expression Inventory for Children and Adolescent was administered to 323 Children in a survey study conducted in schools. The newly developed adolescent anger is robust enough to assess anger expression and anger experience in high school children. Results also suggest STAXI-2-CA can be used in Indian Context with slight modification. Self reporting adolescent scale is in par with the STAXI-2-CA in assessing anger experience and expression. | Validation of adolescent anger scale
