CART Anger Typology & Assessment Scales 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which anger type is characterized by the individual turning anger inward, often resulting in depression and self-blame?
- Explosive anger
- Implosive anger (Correct answer)
- Passive-aggressive anger
- Chronic anger
Correct answer: Implosive anger
Implosive anger (also called inward anger) is directed at the self rather than outward, frequently contributing to depression and self-criticism.
Question 2: The Novaco Anger Scale and Provocation Inventory (NAS-PI) measures anger across which two dimensions?
- Frequency and intensity
- Cognitive and behavioral domains (Correct answer)
- Trait anger and state anger
- Anger-in and anger-out
Correct answer: Cognitive and behavioral domains
The NAS-PI assesses anger across cognitive (appraisal, rumination) and behavioral (expressive, antagonistic) dimensions.
Question 3: A client consistently uses sarcasm, procrastination, and silent treatment to express frustration. This best exemplifies which anger type?
- Sudden anger
- Volatile anger
- Passive-aggressive anger (Correct answer)
- Moral anger
Correct answer: Passive-aggressive anger
Passive-aggressive anger involves indirect expression of hostility through behaviors like sarcasm, procrastination, and withdrawal rather than direct confrontation.
Question 4: On the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2 (STAXI-2), the 'Anger Expression-Out' (AX/Out) subscale measures what?
- How often anger is suppressed internally
- How often anger is expressed toward people or objects (Correct answer)
- How frequently anger is controlled through reflection
- The frequency of state anger episodes
Correct answer: How often anger is expressed toward people or objects
AX/Out on the STAXI-2 assesses the frequency with which angry feelings are expressed outwardly toward people or objects in the environment.
Question 5: Which anger typology describes individuals who experience persistent, low-grade anger that colors their overall worldview and interactions?
- Episodic anger
- Chronic anger (Correct answer)
- Situational anger
- Reactive anger
Correct answer: Chronic anger
Chronic anger is a long-standing, pervasive form of anger that becomes part of the individual's baseline emotional state and affects their general outlook.
Question 6: The Aggression Questionnaire (AQ) developed by Buss and Perry measures which four components?
- Physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger, and hostility (Correct answer)
- Rage, frustration, resentment, and bitterness
- Cognitive, affective, behavioral, and physiological anger
- Anger-in, anger-out, anger control-in, and anger control-out
Correct answer: Physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger, and hostility
Buss and Perry's AQ assesses physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger, and hostility as four distinct but related components of aggression.
Question 7: In anger assessment, 'anger-in' scores that are significantly elevated may indicate a risk for which condition?
- Intermittent Explosive Disorder
- Psychosomatic complaints and cardiovascular issues (Correct answer)
- Conduct Disorder
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
Correct answer: Psychosomatic complaints and cardiovascular issues
High anger-in scores, reflecting habitual suppression of anger, are associated with psychosomatic symptoms and increased cardiovascular risk due to chronic physiological arousal.
CART Anger Typology & Assessment Scales 2
Which anger type is characterized by the individual turning anger inward, often resulting in depression and self-blame?