Anger Inventory
Anger Inventory
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.
______
TOTAL
SCORE
Now
that
you
have
completed
the
Anger
Inventory,
you
are
in
a
position
to
calculate
your
IQ,
your
Irritability
Quotient.
Make
sure
that
you
have
not
skipped
any
items.
Add
up
your
score
for
each
of
the
twenty-‐five
incidents.
You
can
now
interpret
your
total
score
according
to
the
following
scale:
0
-
45:
The
amount
of
anger
and
annoyances
you
generally
experience
is
remarkably
low.
Only
a
few
percent
of
the
population
will
score
this
low
on
the
test.
You
are
one
of
the
select
few.
46
-
55:
You
are
substantially
more
peaceful
than
the
average
person.
56
-
75:
You
respond
to
life’s
annoyances
with
an
average
amount
of
anger.
76
-
85:
You
frequently
react
in
an
angry
way
to
life’s
many
annoyances.
You
are
substantially
more
irritable
than
the
average
person.
86
-
100:
You
are
a
true
anger
champion,
and
you
are
plagued
by
frequent
intense
furious
reactions
that
do
not
quickly
disappear.
You
probably
harbor
negative
feelings
long
after
the
initial
insult
has
passed.
You
may
have
the
reputation
of
a
firecracker
or
a
hothead
among
people
you
know.
You
may
experience
frequent
tension
headaches
and
elevated
blood
pressure.
Your
anger
may
often
get
out
of
control
and
lead
to
impulsive
hostile
outbursts,
which
at
times
get
you
into
trouble.
Only
a
few
percent
of
the
adult
population
react
as
intensely
as
you
do.