Psychological self-test for anger

Do you get angry easily? Do the test.


For many disorders affecting your wellbeing, taking a critical look at your own mental state can put you on course towards feeling better. This test helps you to determine whether you find ways to deal with your anger or whether it might make sense to seek support in the fight against frustration.
This is not a standardised clinical test – such tests should only ever be conducted with a psychologist or therapist in the context of professional counselling. So the results do not constitute a diagnosis and the derived parameters do not indicate where you stand in comparison with other people on average. They should serve solely as an encouragement towards self-reflection.

You should repeat the test from time to time. If you happen to be in an acutely difficult situation right now, like divorce, strains at work or the like, or perhaps dealing with a sad loss, it’s understandable that your mental state may be reflected in poorer values. Moreover, everyone has a bad day from time to time, when it’s hard to muster any joy or positive thoughts. So don’t give too much emphasis to bad results but rather take them much more as indications that it’s time to do yourself a favour and look for ways in which you might recharge your batteries. Do the test again after a while – you’ll see how, even after a steep turn for the worse, things can get better.

If no other time period is stated, then the questions relate to estimates over the last 14 days. As a rule the potential answers are grouped like school marks. The first potential answer, ranked all the way to the left, gets one point whilst the last gets five points. Enter your scores by each question and add up your total at the end of each test.
1) I very often don’t know how to deal with my anger.
 
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2) Every day I’m in situations where I could explode with rage.
 
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highly applicable
3) There are people who really get on my nerves right away.
 
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4) It’s easy to get me flustered.
 
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5) If I feel angry, I express it without inhibition.
 
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6) I tend to provoke other people.
 
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7) I often explode with rage quickly.
 
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8) I think conflicts should never be avoided.
 
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9) If I’m angry, I don’t count to three but react immediately instead.
 
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