Citation

Ortega Andrade N, Alcázar-Olán R, Matías OM, Rivera Guerrero A, Domínguez Espinosa A. Span. J. Psychol. 2017; 20: E1.

Affiliation

Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México(México).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Complutense University of Madrid, Publisher Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/sjp.2016.105

PMID

28095931

Abstract

The aim of the study was to assess the validity of the Anger Rumination Scale (ARS; Sukhodolsky, Golub, & Cromwell, 2001) in a Mexican sample (n = 700, M age = 38.6, SD = 12.42). Through confirmatory factor analysis and using modification indices, the four-factor structure of the original scale was replicated: angry afterthoughts, thoughts of revenge, angry memories, and understanding of causes. In addition, the four-factor model had better goodness of fit indices than rival models with three and two factors. Alpha reliabilities were acceptable (.72 -.89). ARS results correlated with measures of state anger, trait anger, anger expression, and anger control (negatively); correlations were significant (ps <.001) ARS outcomes also correlated (ps <.001) with physical and verbal aggression, hostility, anger, and emotion suppression, suggesting convergent validity. Men reported more thoughts of revenge than women (p <.001; Eta squared =.026), but there was no evidence of gender differences on the other anger rumination scales, or in total scores.

Language: en

Keywords

aggression; anger; rage; rumination