Anger progress in women: Development and validation of the anger situation questionnaire

Examined the usefulness of the concept of anger proneness to the study of aggression in women in 2 studies. One study concerns anger induction in 40 aggressive and non-aggressive sportswomen. Sports choice in itself does not predict anger arousal and aggressive behavior in the lab. At an individual level the anger proneness of the S was related to the intensity of aggressive behavior and subjectively reported anger. Study 2 concerns the activating effects of androgens on aggression and anger proneness. In a group of 22 female-to-male transsexuals (aged 18-49 yrs), a battery of anger proneness and aggression questionnaires was administered twice: shortly before and 3 mo after the start of androgen treatment. Administration of androgens was associated with an increase in anger proneness, although there were no changes in several aspects of overt aggressive behavior