The Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire: Construct validity and gender invariance among Argentinean adolescents

Article

Authorship:

REYNA, CECILIA ; Lello Ivacevich, Gabriela ; Sanchez, Anahí ; BRUSSINO, SILVINA ALEJANDRA

Date:

2011

Publishing House and Editing Place:

Universidad de San Buenaventura

Magazine:

International Journal of Psychological Research, vol. 4 (pp. 30-37) - ISSN 2011-2084
Universidad de San Buenaventura

ISSN:

2011-2084

Summary

The Aggression Questionnaire (Buss & Perry, 1992) is one of the most used instruments to assess aggression; it includes 29 items grouped into 4 factors. Furthermore, a reduced version of 12-item has been proposed (Bryant & Smith, 2001), and it has also been examined by several researchers. Nevertheless, Latin-American samples have rarely been included. In this study, exploratory and confirmatory models were evaluated among a sample of adolescents from Cordoba, Argentina (N = 371). Moreover, internal consistency and gender invariance were examined. A 2-factor structure resulted in the exploratory analysis, while 2- and 4-factor (short and long versions) structures showed acceptable fits in confirmatory analysis. In general, internal consistency was acceptable, and gender invariance was supported. Implications and limitations are discussed.

Key Words

AGGESSION QUESTIONNAIREGENDER INVARIANCEFACTOR STRUCTUREADOLESCENTS

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