Poster Session
Issue Date: August 2019
Published Online: August 01, 2019
Updated: April 30, 2020
The Use of Anger Scale in Clinical Practice and a Test of Its Reliability and Validity
Ay-Woan Pan, PhD, OTR; Tsyr-Jang Chen, PhD
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • School of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
  • LungHwa University of Science and Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, TaoYuan, Taiwan
Article Information
Mental Health / Assessment/Measurement
Poster Session   |   August 01, 2019
The Use of Anger Scale in Clinical Practice and a Test of Its Reliability and Validity
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2019, Vol. 73, 7311500048. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2019.73S1-PO8014
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2019, Vol. 73, 7311500048. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2019.73S1-PO8014
Abstract

Date Presented 04/06/19

The purpose of the study is to examine the validity of the anger scale. Three hundred and eleven normal subjects and 322 persons with mental illness were recruited to participate in the study. The data were analyzed using the Rasch measurement model with Winsteps 3.56 and SPSS 22. The results of the study demonstrated the adequate reliability and construct validity of the anger scale when applied to normal subjects and persons with mental illness in Taiwan.

Primary Author and Speaker: Ay-Woan Pan

Additional Authors and Speakers: Tsyr-Jang Chen