Beth Tescher

Publications (2)3.57 Total impact

• Article: The relationship of anger and social skills to psychological symptoms.

  Judith C Conger, Anthony J Conger, Christine Edmondson, Beth Tescher, James Smolin
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  ABSTRACT: The link between anger, social skills, and psychological symptoms was investigated in a college population. Seven hundred and nine individuals were administered the State Trait Anger Expression Inventory, the Anger Inventory, the Social Problem Solving Inventory, the Social Skills Inventory, and a series of questions about the degree to which anger affected their lives. Symptomatology was measured by the Brief Symptom Inventory and served as the criterion measure for a series of multiple regression analyses. Results indicated that both anger and social factors related to measures of psychological distress. Implications of the relationship between anger, social skills, and psychological symptoms are discussed in terms of research and assessment of individuals who may suffer from anger problems.
  Assessment 10/2003; 10(3):248-58. · 2.01 Impact Factor
• Article: Behavior, Attitudes, and Cognitions of Anger-Prone Individuals

  Beth Tescher, Judith C. Conger, Christine B. Edmondson, Anthony J. Conger
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  ABSTRACT: This research explored facets of anger based on a multidimensional-associationistic conceptualization (Berkowitz, 1994) that includes antecedents, behavior, cognitions, and experiential response dimensions. High and low anger-prone individuals responded to six audiotaped situations validated in previous work to be anger provoking. Participants evaluated their own audiotaped responses, as did peer judges. Participants also completed the Social Problem Solving Inventory (SPSI) and the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) and they reported on the effect of anger experiences in their lives. Neither self nor peer ratings of the audiotaped responses differentiated the behavior of anger groups. High and low anger-prone individuals, however, differed in the way that they viewed the consequences of their behavior and how anger affected them in general. Furthermore, high anger-prone individuals had elevated levels of pathology on eight of the nine scales of the BSI and scored significantly lower on the SPSI. Results are discussed in terms of assessment of anger proneness, its relationship to psychopathology and implications for future work.
  Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment 05/1999; 21(2):117-139. · 1.55 Impact Factor