Free test · DAR-5
Five questions show how much anger has been a problem for you over the past 4 weeks: how often it came, how strong it was, how long it lasted, and whether it got in the way of getting along with people. It is a screening tool, not a diagnosis.
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The DAR-5 (Dimensions of Anger Reactions-5) was developed by David Forbes and colleagues and published in 2014. It covers how often you got angry, how intense the anger was, how long it lasted, the urge to hit someone and the effect on your relationships over the past 4 weeks. Each answer scores 1 to 5, so the total runs from 5 to 25. Phoenix Australia gives 12 or more as the cutoff for problem anger.
A short questionnaire shows how much anger is weighing on you, not why. The cutoff comes from a screening study. Only a professional can judge after a conversation.
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It means anger is bothering you enough to be worth talking about with a therapist or a doctor. It does not say what is behind the anger, and a score below 12 does not mean you have nothing to work on.
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Source: DAR-5: Forbes D., Alkemade N., Mitchell D., Elhai J. D., McHugh T., Bates G., Novaco R. W., Bryant R., Lewis V., 2014, Utility of the Dimensions of Anger Reactions-5 (DAR-5) scale as a brief anger measure, Depression and Anxiety 31(2), 166-173, DOI 10.1002/da.22148.
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