ANGRY as a result of work-related stress, the character played by Michael Douglas in the 1993 film Falling Down vents his frustration violently

Do you have an angry heart?
To evaluate your overall tendency toward hostility, use the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Anger Content Scale. Answer true or false to each of the following 16 questions.

Questionnaire reported in Can Work Kill? Harvey B Simon, in Men, The Scientific Truth about their work, Play, Health and Passions. Scientific American.  Summer 1999, Vol 10, Number 2, p44-46

Question 1. At times I feel like swearing True False		Question 2. At times I feel like smashing things True False
Question 3. At times I can't understand why I've been so irritable and grouchy True False		Question 4. At times I feel like picking a fistfight with someone True False
Question 5. I easily become impatient with people True False		Question 6. I am often said to be hotheaded True False
Question 7. I am often so annoyed when someone tried to get ahead of me in a line of people that I speak to that person about it True False		Question 8. I have at times had to be rough with people who were rude and annoying True False
Question 9. I am often sorry because I am so irritable and grouchy True False		Question 10. It makes me angry to have people hurry me True False
Question 11. I am very stubborn True False		Question 12. Sometimes I get so angry and upset I don't know what comes over me True False
Question 13. I have gotten angry and broken furniture and dishes when I was drinking True False		Question 14. I have become so angry with someone that I have felt as if I would explode True False
Question 15. I've been so angry at times that I've hurt someone in a physical fight True False		Question 16. I almost never lose self-control True False

HOW DID YOU SCORE?

Your score explained.
0 - 5
Anger is not a problem

6 - 10
Anger level is moderate; work on ways to relax

11 - 16
Anger level is a concern; your health may suffer the consequences if corrective measures are not taken

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