The Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire: construct validity and gender invarianceamong Argentinean adolescents

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.

• Autores: Reyna, Cecilia; Sanchez, Anahi; Lello Ivacevich, Maria Gabriela; Brussino, Silvina
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2011
• Institución: Universidad de San Buenaventura
• Repositorio: Repositorio USB
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.usb.edu.co:10819/25667
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/10819/25667; https://doi.org/10.21500/20112084.775
• Palabra clave: Aggression Questionnaire; adolescents; factor structure; gender invariance.
• Rights: openAccess
• License: International Journal of Psychological Research - 2011