Buss Perry Aggression Assessment - Sef Report

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1. If I have to resort to violence to protect my rights, I will.
2. I have become so mad that I have broken things.
3. Once in a while, I can’t control the urge to strike another person.
4. I have threatened people I know.
5. Given enough provocation, I may hit another person.
6. I can think of no good reason for ever hitting a person.
7. If somebody hits me, I hit back.
8. There are people who pushed me so far that we came to blows.
9. I get into fights a little more than the average person.
10. I tell my friends openly when I disagree with them.
11. I can’t help getting into arguments when people disagree with me.
12. When people annoy me, I may tell them what I think of them.
13. I often find myself disagreeing with people.
14. My friends say that I’m somewhat argumentative.
15. Some of my friends think I am a hothead.
16. I am an even-tempered person.
17. I flare up quickly but get over it quickly.
18. I have trouble controlling my temper.
19. When frustrated, I let my irritation show.
20. I sometimes feel like a powder keg ready to explode.
21. Sometimes I fly off the handle for no good reason.
22. When people are especially nice to me, I wonder what they want.
23. I wonder why sometimes I feel so bitter about things.
24. I am suspicious of overly friendly strangers.
25. I am sometimes eaten up with jealousy.
26. At times I feel I have gotten a raw deal out of life.
27. I sometimes feel that people are laughing at me behind my back.
28. Other people always seem to get the breaks.
29. I know that "friends" talk about me behind my back.