Date of Submission
2006
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)
Department
Psychology
Department Chair
Robert A. DiTomasso, Ph.D., ABPP
First Advisor
Steven Godin, Ph.D., Chairperson
Second Advisor
Robert DiTomasso, Ph.D., ABPP
Third Advisor
Patrick D. Conaboy, M.D.
Abstract
Development of the Mahan and DiTomasso Anger Scale (MAD-AS) provided a valid and preferable alternative to the existing, lengthy tests of anger which are currently available. However, the MAD-AS was developed on a clinical, psychiatric population, and only one other study to date has attempted to utilize this test on a normal population. With strong links between anger and adverse physical health, and an ongoing controversy over whether anger expression versus anger suppression contributes more highly to the development and maintenance of hypertension, a prospective study measuring anger with established hypertensive subjects is being proposed utilizing both the MAD-AS, as an experimental instrument, and the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory - 2 (STAXI-2), as an established instrument. This study hopes to lend not only more validity to the MAD-AS with a medical population, but also more evidence to the above controversy.
Recommended Citation
Liskowicz, Robert J., "Norming the MAD-AS to the STAXI-2 in a Hypertensive Population " (2006). PCOM Psychology Dissertations. 84.
https://digitalcommons.pcom.edu/psychology_dissertations/84