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How Angry Are You?

Everyone gets angry at times in their life. Take this Quick Test to find out how much anger affects your life. Answer each question by choosing the response that most typically describes you or your response. Click on 'Compute' to determine your score and compare your results with a study population of 12,986 people and how anger affected their health.

Questions	Almost never	Sometimes	Often	Almost always
1. I am quick tempered.
2. I have a fiery temper.
3. I am a hot headed person
4. I get angry when I am slowed down by others' mistake
5. I feel annoyed when I am not given recognition for doing good work
6. I fly off the handle.
7. When I get angry I say nasty/mean things.
8. It makes me furious when I am criticized in front of others.
9. When I get frustrated I feel like hitting someone.
10. I feel infuriated when I do a good job and get a poor evaluation.

Your Anger Score out of a possible range of 10 to 40.

Interpreting Scores
Anger is a normal response everyone experiences for time to time. If it becomes a common occurrence, however, it can damage both mental and physical health.

The higher your score the higher your level of anger. Compare your scores to the 12,986 other people who took this same test to see how you compare.

If you have a high anger score find ways to deal with your anger. Get help if needed from a mental health counselor.

Study Population Findings
Rating	Anger score	Percent of Population	Increased Risk
High anger	22-40	8%	169%
Modr anger	15-21	55%	35%
Low anger	10-14	37%	0%

In this study those people who had a high anger score (a score of 22+) had a heart attack rate 2.7 times higher than those with low scores.

Source: AIRC Study, Circulation, May 2, 2000

More Information
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