Anger Management Quiz

Use this short screening test to help determine if you should seek help (diagnosis and treatment) for anger problems.

Instructions:  The items below refer to how you have behaved during the past year. Please indicate whether each question is TRUE or FALSE as a description of you during the past year. Your score will be calculated at the end of the quiz.

NOTE: If you suspect that you have an anger management problem you should seek help from a health professional regardless of how you score on this screening test.

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I don’t show my anger about everything that makes me mad, but when I do – look out. *

True

False

I still get angry when I think of the bad things people did to me in the past. *

True

False

Waiting in line, or waiting for other people, really annoys me. *

True

False

I fly off the handle easily. *

True

False

I often find myself having heated arguments with the people who are closest to me. *

True

False

I sometimes lie awake at night and think about the things that upset me during the day. *

True

False

When someone says or does something that upsets me, I don’t usually say anything at the time, but later spend a lot of time thinking up cutting replies I could and should have made. *

True

False

I find it very hard to forgive someone who has done me wrong. *

True

False

I get angry with myself when I lost control of my emotions. *

True

False

People really irritate me when they don’t behave the way they should, or when they act like they don’t have the good sense of a head of lettuce. *

True

False

If I get really upset about something, I have a tendency to feel sick later, either with a weak spell, headache, upset stomach, or diarrhea. *

True

False

People I've trusted have often let me down, leaving me feeling angry or betrayed. *

True

False

When things don’t go my way, I get depressed. *

True

False

I am apt to take frustration so badly that I cannot put it out of my mind. *

True

False

I've been so angry at times I couldn't remember things I said or did. *

True

False

After arguing with someone, I hate myself. *

True

False

I've had trouble on the job because of my temper. *

True

False

When riled up, I often blurt out things I later regret saying. *

True

False

Some people are afraid of my bad temper. *

True

False

When I get angry, frustrated or hurt, I comfort myself by eating or using alcohol or other drugs. *

True

False

When someone hurts or frustrates me, I want to get even. *

True

False

I've gotten so angry at times that I've become physically violent, hitting other people or breaking things. *

True

False

At times, I've felt angry enough to kill. *

True

False

Sometimes I feel so hurt and alone I feel like committing suicide. *

True

False

I’m a really angry person, and I know I need help learning to control my temper and angry feelings because it has already caused me a lot of problems. *

True

False

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