TY - JOUR
T1 - The brief aggression questionnaire
T2 - Psychometric and behavioral evidence for an efficient measure of trait aggression
AU - Webster, Gregory D.
AU - Dewall, C. Nathan
AU - Pond, Richard S.
AU - Deckman, Timothy
AU - Jonason, Peter K.
AU - Le, Bonnie M.
AU - Nichols, Austin Lee
AU - Schember, Tatiana Orozco
AU - Crysel, Laura C.
AU - Crosier, Benjamin S.
AU - Smith, C. Veronica
AU - Paddock, E. Layne
AU - Nezlek, John B.
AU - Kirkpatrick, Lee A.
AU - Bryan, Angela D.
AU - Bator, Renée J.
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - A key problem facing aggression research is how to measure individual differences in aggression accurately and efficiently without sacrificing reliability or validity. Researchers are increasingly demanding brief measures of aggression for use in applied settings, field studies, pretest screening, longitudinal, and daily diary studies. The authors selected the three highest loading items from each of the Aggression Questionnaire's (Buss & Perry, 1992) four subscales-Physical Aggression, Verbal Aggression, anger, and hostility-and developed an efficient 12-item measure of aggression-the Brief Aggression Questionnaire (BAQ). Across five studies (N=3,996), the BAQ showed theoretically consistent patterns of convergent and discriminant validity with other self-report measures, consistent four-factor structures using factor analyses, adequate recovery of information using item response theory methods, stable test-retest reliability, and convergent validity with behavioral measures of aggression. The authors discuss the reliability, validity, and efficiency of the BAQ, along with its many potential applications.
AB - A key problem facing aggression research is how to measure individual differences in aggression accurately and efficiently without sacrificing reliability or validity. Researchers are increasingly demanding brief measures of aggression for use in applied settings, field studies, pretest screening, longitudinal, and daily diary studies. The authors selected the three highest loading items from each of the Aggression Questionnaire's (Buss & Perry, 1992) four subscales-Physical Aggression, Verbal Aggression, anger, and hostility-and developed an efficient 12-item measure of aggression-the Brief Aggression Questionnaire (BAQ). Across five studies (N=3,996), the BAQ showed theoretically consistent patterns of convergent and discriminant validity with other self-report measures, consistent four-factor structures using factor analyses, adequate recovery of information using item response theory methods, stable test-retest reliability, and convergent validity with behavioral measures of aggression. The authors discuss the reliability, validity, and efficiency of the BAQ, along with its many potential applications.
KW - Aggression
KW - Aggression Questionnaire
KW - Anger
KW - Hostility
KW - Item response theory
KW - Measurement
KW - Short form
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U2 - 10.1002/ab.21507
DO - 10.1002/ab.21507
M3 - Article
C2 - 24115185
AN - SCOPUS:84894912012
SN - 0096-140X
VL - 40
SP - 120
EP - 139
JO - Aggressive Behavior
JF - Aggressive Behavior
IS - 2
ER -