Novaco Anger Scale, NAS Test - the question form

1. You examine some equipment you have just purchased, switch it on, and find that it does not work.

2. A repair/service company sends you an excessively high bill.

3. You are criticized while other people's actions go unnoticed.

4. Your car gets stuck in snow or mud.

5. You speak to someone and they do not respond.

6. Someone claims they deserve more than you think they do.

7. You are trying to carry your coffee in a cafe, and someone bumps into you.

8. You have hung up your clothes on a hanger, and someone knocks them down and awkwardly tries to pick them up.

9. A salesperson follows you around giving you advice from the moment you enter a store.

10. You have arranged to go out with someone who leaves you at the last minute, leaving you alone.

11. Someone jokes about you or makes fun of you.

12. Your car stalls at a traffic light, and the driver behind you keeps honking the horn.

13. You awkwardly turn around in a parking lot by accident and, as you look out of your car, you hear, "Where did you learn to drive?"

14. Someone made a mistake and blamed it on you.

15. You are trying to concentrate, but a person sitting nearby keeps jiggling their legs.

16. You loaned someone something important and they did not return it.

17. Everything has gone wrong for you all day, and someone says you did not do what you had agreed on in advance.

18. You try to discuss something important with a friend, but they do not let you express your feelings.

19. You are arguing with someone who is very incompetent.

20. Someone repeatedly interferes in an argument that does not involve them.

21. You are in a big hurry, and the car ahead is crawling along at 20 km/h and will not let you pass.

22. You step in sticky chewing gum.

23. Elderly women sitting outside your building look you over and talk about you from head to toe.

24. When you are in a hurry, you rip your trousers on a sharp object.

25. A payphone takes your last coin.