Item | Â | Original sub-scale | Factor loading |
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1 | I wait until I am calm again and then talk to the person who made me angry | Assertion | .446 |
2 | In an angry way I tell the person who made me angry exactly how I feel | Direct anger-out | .497 |
3 | I do not show my anger but I talk about what happened with someone afterwards | Social support-seeking | .420 |
4 | I try to understand why I got upset | Rumination | .101 |
5 | I tell myself that what happened is not important | Avoidance | .239 |
6 | I get rid of my anger by playing music, writing, or painting | Diffusion | .392 |
7 | I carefully think it over and then tell the person who made me angry how I feel | Assertion | .628 |
8 | I say something nasty to the person who made me angry | Direct anger-out | .576 |
9 | I leave the situation and look for someone who will agree with me | Social support-seeking | .496 |
10 | I imagine how I could get even with the person who made me angry | Rumination | .441 |
11 | I try to forget what happened | Avoidance | .386 |
12 | I just keep busy, until I stop feeling angry | Diffusion | .454 |
13 | In a calm voice, I tell the person who made me angry how I honestly feel | Assertion | .644 |
14 | I use strong gestures (for example, make a fist, wave my arms, or give a hand sign) | Direct anger-out | .538 |
15 | I leave the situation, find someone to listen to my story, and ask for advice | Social support-seeking | .664 |
16 | I keep thinking about what I wish I had done, but didn’t do | Rumination | .489 |
17 | I put what happened out of my mind | Avoidance | .309 |
18 | I work off my anger by doing some sport | Diffusion | .145 |
19 | I try to understand what happened, so I can explain things to the person who made me angry | Assertion | .566 |
20 | I swear, or curse at the person who made me angry | Direct anger-out | .608 |
21 | I think about the problem first and then talk about it with someone | Social support-seeking | .662 |
22 | I find it hard to stop thinking about what happened | Rumination | .576 |
23 | I do not want to have to cause trouble, so I keep my feelings to myself | Avoidance | .320 |
24 | I stay on my own to get rid of my anger | Diffusion | .451 |
25 | I stay calm, and I try to talk about the problem with the person who made me angry | Assertion | .646 |
26 | I hit or push the person who made me angry | Direct anger-out | .485 |
27 | I leave the situation and call a friend or family member to tell him/her how I feel | Social support-seeking | .539 |
28 | I am upset for a long time after this kind of situation | Rumination | .598 |
29 | I just wait to feel better | Avoidance | .405 |
30 | I simply get very busy with other things to get rid of my anger | Diffusion | .643 |
31 | I leave the situation in order to calm down, and then try to solve the problem | Assertion | .583 |
32 | I express my anger by slamming a door, or hitting something | Direct anger-out | .592 |
33 | Even without planning it, I usually end up talking about my feelings with someone | Social support-seeking | .514 |
34 | In my mind, I go over the situation that made me angry again and again | Rumination | .591 |
35 | I try to keep busy so I can forget about what happened | Avoidance | .577 |
36 | I work off my anger by doing something else, like playing on the computer | Diffusion | .360 |
37 | I shout | Direct anger-out | .396 |