| Content Provider |
World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus |
| Author |
Webster, Gregory D. DeWall, C. Nathan Pond, Richard S. Deckman, Timothy Jonason, Peter K. Le, Bonnie M. Nichols, Austin Lee Schember, Tatiana Orozco Crysel, Laura C. Crosier, Benjamin S. Smith, C. Veronica Paddock, E. Layne Nezlek, John B. Kirkpatrick, Lee A. Bryan, Angela D. Bator, Renée J. |
| Description |
Author Affiliation: Webster GD ( a Department of Psychology, University of Florida.); DeWall CN ( b Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky.); Pond RS ( c Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Wilmington.); Deckman T ( b Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky.); Jonason PK ( d Department of Psychology, University of Western Sydney , Australia.); Le BM ( e Department of Psychology, University of Toronto , Canada.); Nichols AL ( f Department of Business, University of Navarra , Pamplona , Navarra , Spain.); Schember TO ( a Department of Psychology, University of Florida.); Crysel LC ( g Department of Psychology, Stetson University.); Crosier BS ( h Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, Dartmouth College.); Smith CV ( i Department of Psychology, University of Mississippi.); Paddock EL ( j Chair of Work and Organizational Psychology, ETH-Zürich , Switzerland.); Nezlek JB ( k Department of Psychology, College of William and Mary.); Kirkpatrick LA ( l University of Social Sciences and Humanities , Poznan , Poland.); Bryan AD ( k Department of Psychology, College of William and Mary.); Bator RJ ( m Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado , Boulder.) |
| Abstract |
In contexts that increasingly demand brief self-report measures (e.g., experience sampling, longitudinal and field studies), researchers seek succinct surveys that maintain reliability and validity. One such measure is the 12-item Brief Aggression Questionnaire (BAQ; Webster et al., 2014), which uses 4 3-item subscales: Physical Aggression, Verbal Aggression, Anger, and Hostility. Although prior work suggests the BAQ's scores are reliable and valid, we addressed some lingering concerns. Across 3 studies (N = 1,279), we found that the BAQ had a 4-factor structure, possessed long-term test-retest reliability across 12 weeks, predicted differences in behavioral aggression over time in a laboratory experiment, generalized to a diverse nonstudent sample, and showed convergent validity with a displaced aggression measure. In addition, the BAQ's 3-item Anger subscale showed convergent validity with a trait anger measure. We discuss the BAQ's potential reliability, validity, limitations, and uses as an efficient measure of aggressive traits. |
| File Format |
HTM / HTML |
| ISSN |
00223891 |
| Issue Number |
6 |
| Volume Number |
97 |
| e-ISSN |
15327752 |
| Journal |
Journal of Personality Assessment |
| Language |
English |
| Publisher |
Taylor & Francis |
| Publisher Date |
2015-01-01 |
| Publisher Place |
Great Britain (UK) |
| Access Restriction |
One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) |
| Subject Keyword |
Discipline Psychiatry Discipline Psychology Aggression Psychology Anger Hostility Adolescent Adult Factor Analysis, Statistical Female Humans Male Psychometrics Reproducibility Of Results Questionnaires Young Adult Journal Article Validation Studies |
| Content Type |
Text |
| Resource Type |
Article |
| Subject |
Arts and Humanities Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Clinical Psychology Psychiatry and Mental Health |
