Form: Cook-Medley Hostility Scale, CMHS-27

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Yes
No
1
I have often met people who were supposed to be experts who were no better than I.
2
I have often had to take orders from someone who did not know as much as I did.
3
A large number of people are guilty of bad sexual conduct.
4
I think a great many people exaggerate their misfortunes in order to gain the sympathy and help of others.
5
I have at times had to be rough with people who were rude or annoying.
6
Most people make friends because friends are likely to be useful to them.
7
It takes a lot of argument to convince most people of the truth.
8
People often disappoint me.
9
People generally demand more respect for their own rights than they are willing to allow for others.
10
Most people are honest chiefly through fear of getting caught.
11
Most people will use somewhat unfair means to gain profit or an advantage rather than to lose it.
12
I think most people would lie to get ahead.
13
There are certain people whom I dislike so much that I am inwardly pleased when they are catching it for something they have done.
14
I am often inclined to go out of my way to win a point with someone who has opposed me.
15
When someone does me a wrong, I feel I should pay him back if I can, just for the principle of the thing.
16
I strongly defend my own opinions as a rule.
17
Some of my family have habits that bother and annoy me very much.
18
I am not easily angered.
19
No one cares much what happens to you.
20
It is safer to trust nobody.
21
I can be friendly with people who do things I consider wrong.
22
Most people inwardly dislike putting themselves out to help other people.
23
I don't blame anyone for trying to grab everything he can get in this world.
24
I do not blame a person for taking advantage of someone who lays himself open to it.
25
It makes me impatient to have people ask my advice or otherwise interrupt me when I am working on something important.
26
I would certainly enjoy beating a crook at his own game.
27
I don't try to cover up my poor opinion or pity of a person so that he won't know how I feel.

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