A study of the psychometric properties of Novaco Anger Questionnaire (short form) in Isfahan City

The aim of this research was to determine the psychometric properties of Novaco Anger Questionnaire (short form) in Isfahan city. In this reaserch 100 university students were selected through simple random sampling. and answered the Novaco Anger Questionnaire. To obtain the questionnaire validity، the correlation between scores of Novaco Questionnaire and Buss and Perry Questionnaire، was obtained. For reliability، test-retest method and Chronbach Alpha were used. Findings indicated that، reliability of the questionnaire by Chronbach alpha was 0. 86 and by test-retest was 0. 73. The correlation between Buss and Berry and Novaco scores was 0. 78. Test content validity was confirmed by 5 psychologist، counselors، and sociologists and verified by factor analysis. It was concluded that Novaco Anger Questionnaire can be used for assessing anger.