Anger Inventory

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Anger Inventory

Novaco Anger Scale


0 - you would feel very little or no annoyance
1- you would feel a little irritated
2- you would feel moderately upset
3- you would feel quite angry
4- you would feel very angry
_____1. You unpack an appliance you have just bought, plug it in, and discover that it doesn't
work.
_____2. Being overcharged by a repairman who has you over a barrel.
_____3. Being singled out for correction, when the actions of others go unnoticed.
_____4. Getting your car stuck in the mud or snow.
_____5. You are talking to someone and they don't answer you.
_____6. Someone pretends to be something they are not.
_____7. While you are struggling to carry four cups of coffee to your table at a cafeteria,
someone bumps into you, spilling the coffee.
_____8. You have hung up your clothes, but someone knocks them to the floor and fails to pick
them up.
_____9. You are hounded by a salesperson from the moment that you walk into a store.
_____10. You have made arrangements to go somewhere with a person who backs off at the last
minute and leaves you hanging.
_____11. Being joked about or teased.
_____12. Your car is stalled at a traffic light, and the guy behind you keeps blowing his horn.
_____13. You accidentally make the wrong kind of turn in a parking lot. As you get out of your
car someone yells at you, "Where did you learn to drive?"
_____14. Someone makes a mistake and blames it on you.
_____15. You are trying to concentrate, but a person near you is tapping their foot.
_____16. You lend someone an important book or tool and they fail to return it.
_____17. You have had a busy day, and the person you live with starts to complain about how
you forgot to do something that you forgot to do.
_____18. You are trying to discuss something important with your mate or partner who isn't
giving you a chance to express your feelings.
_____19. You are in a discussion with someone who persists in arguing about a topic they know
very little about.
_____20. Someone sticks his or her nose into an argument between you and someone else.
_____21. You need to get somewhere quickly, but the car in front of you is going 25 mph in a 40
_____mph zone, and you can't pass.
_____22. Stepping on a gob of chewing gum.
_____23. Being mocked by a small group of people as you pass them.
_____24. In a hurry to get somewhere, you tear a good pair of slacks on a sharp object.
_____25. You use your last quarter to make a phone call, but you are disconnected before you
finish dialing and the quarter is lost.

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