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TPC D igest 91 Isaac Burt is an assistant professor at Florida International University. Correspondence can be addressed to College of Education, 11200 SW 8th Street, ZEB Building Room 236, Miami, FL 33199, iburt@fiu.edu . T he author carried out a pilot study to determine whether gender differences existed for excessive anger in adolescents who were members of an anger management group. A large public middle school in an urban metropolitan area provided the setting and participants for this study. Serving 2,000 students in grades 6–8, the school has an elaborate standardized documentation system that keeps track of behavioral disruptions. The documentation system records in-school suspensions (ISS), out-of-school suspensions (OSS) and behavioral referrals for students. The administration gives each student a personal identification number upon first entering school, and can apply any student infraction to this number and look up each student with ease. In addition, the documentation system contains a small description of what caused the issue. For instance, some students have behavioral outbursts of anger, while some receive referrals for tardiness. Since the focus of this pilot was to determine anger differences between genders, it was imperative that the study have participants who showed excessive high-intensity anger. To increase validity and correctly identify appropriate participants, in addition to using the school documentation system, the author also received recommendations from school staff. Preliminary results indicate that anger Identifying Gender Differences in Male and Female Anger Among an Adolescent Population – DIGEST Isaac Burt