Holistic assessment of anger in adolescents - Development of a rating scale.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Anger related issues in adolescents are an important contributor to adolescent mortality and many negative developmental outcomes. Anger being the most primitive defence mechanism, determining its maladaptive nature is a complex phenomenon. Further, it lacks clarity in terms of its definition, demarcation from aggression and hostility, and also its assessment. Available anger rating scales do not represent anger adequately or comprehensively. The concept of anger is dealt with exhaustively in Indian classical texts. According to these texts, anger is an evil virtue that is born out of Rajasic nature and leads to momentary loss of cognitive functional abilities. Manifestation of anger occurs at behavioural (kayika), verbal (vachika) and mental (manasika) levels. Based on these pr

SUBMITTER: Alaka Mani TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6148065 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul - Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature