According to the American Psychological Association (APA), it is completely normal for everyone to feel a full range of anger from mild annoyance to full-fledged rage at one point or another in their lives. This is just a part of dealing with life and relationships with other people. The deciding factor in how anger will affect a person's life is how they deal with that anger. There is a great
. deal of information about anger management topics available from the APA website, located here: http://www.apa.org/topics/anger/control.aspx.Sometimes, it is hard to know for sure if feelings or anger, annoyance or frustration are becoming a problem in someone's life. There are many quizzes available online that can give insight into anger management and how it affects daily life and interpersonal relationships. These relationships can be with friends, family, romantic partners and co-workers.One anger problem quiz is available at Mentalhelp.net, located here: http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=3396&cn=116. It includes 25 true or false questions to help a person decide if they should seek professional help for an anger management problem. The questions include topics such as, "Waiting in line, or waiting for other people, really annoys me." and "I often find myself having heated arguments with the people who are closest to me."Mindtools.com offers an anger management quiz, located here: http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTCS_88.htm. This test has 18 questions, each of which is rated on a scale of not at all, rarely, sometimes, often and very often. Two of the questions are "When I'm angry, I tend to yell, curse, and say things that I later regret." and "When something really frustrates me, I can usually see the humor in the situation, and I laugh at myself and/or the others involved."There is a score interpretation table after the test and advice about constructive ways to deal with anger management issues following the quiz.More reference links: http://www.apa.org/topics/anger/control.aspx http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=3396&cn=116
