Potential for Hostility and Dimensions of Anger
Recent reviews have linked Potential for Hostility derived from the Structured Interview (SI) to coronary artery disease, independent of the global Type A pattern. The present study examined the construct validity of Potential for Hostility ratings by correlating Potential for Hostility with 21 scal...
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Published in: | Health psychology 1989, Vol.8 (3), p.343-354 |
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Summary: | Recent reviews
have linked Potential for Hostility derived from the Structured Interview (SI)
to coronary artery disease, independent of the global Type A pattern. The
present study examined the construct validity of Potential for Hostility ratings
by correlating Potential for Hostility with 21 scales from four widely used
anger/hostility measures: 7 scales from the Anger Self-Report, 8 scales from the
Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory, the total score from the Novaco Anger
Inventory, and 5 scales from the Multidimensional Anger Inventory. The pattern
of correlations revealed that Potential for Hostility was significantly related
to scales reflecting awareness and arousal of anger, particularly the verbal
expression of anger. To identify underlying anger dimensions, the 21 scales were
factor-analyzed. Examination of two and three rotated principal components
confirmed previous solutions. The first component, representing anger-arousing
and -eliciting situations and anger awareness, was labeled Experience of Anger.
The second component, consisting of scales dealing with either physical assault
or verbal expression of anger, was labeled Expression of Anger. When a third
factor was retained, it contained scales of suspicion, mistrust-suspicion, and
guilt: It was therefore labeled Suspicion-Guilt. Potential for Hostility was
correlated only with the Expression of Anger factor in the two-factor solution;
in the three-factor solution, Potential for Hostility was correlated equally
with the Experience of Anger and Expression of Anger factors but was not
correlated with the Suspicion-Guilt factor. The implications of these results
for the assessment of hostility are discussed.
Key words:
Type A behavior pattern, potential for hostility, anger dimensions, construct
validity, anger expression |
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ISSN: | 0278-6133 1930-7810 |
DOI: | 10.1037/0278-6133.8.3.343 |