ANGER AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY IN PRISON-INMATES

The relationship between anger and psychopathology was examined in a s ample of 137 inmates. The State-Trait Anger Scale and the Anger Expres sion Inventory were used to measure anger and the Basic Personality In ventory was used to measure psychopathology. State and trait anger cor related positively with 8 and 9, respectively, out of 12 scales of psy chopathology. The factor scales for the State-Trait Anger Scale, anger /hostility, arousal and situational anger correlated positively with 8 , 9 and 4, respectively, out of 12 measures of psychopathology. Anger- control had an inverse relationship with 8 out of 12 measures of psych opathology, anger-out was positively related to measures of interperso nal problems, alienation, impulse expression and deviation, and anger- in had positive correlations with 11 out of 12 indices of psychopathol ogy. Alternative treatment approaches which are sensitive to individua l differences in anger style were discussed.