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A cross-cultural study of the psychometric properties of the Reactive-Proactive Aggression Questionnaire among Italian nonclinical adolescents.
Full Abstract
Five independent studies were used to test the hypothesis that a reliable 2-factor structure underlies the Reactive-Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ) items and that the 2 scales show distinct patterns of association with personality and bullying behavior measures. Study 1 (N = 1,447) gave evidence of a clear 2-factor structure of RPQ items with factor loading matrices closely matching reactive (congruence coefficient = .90) and proactive (congruence coefficient = .91) models of item assignment. The RPQ 2-factor structure was consistently replicated in Study 2 (N = 662), as well as across the remaining 3 studies. In Study 3 (N = 536), Neuroticism differentiated reactive and proactive forms of aggression. In Study 4 (N = 674), self-reports of bullying behaviors were selectively correlated with proactive aggression. Findings confirm and extend the differential correlates of proactive-reactive aggression and also support the psychometric properties of the RPQ in a different cultural context. Finally, in Study 5 (N = 347), the RPQ scales showed adequate 2-month test-retest reliability. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved).
Author information
Author/s: Fossati, Andrea (A); Raine, Adrian (A); Borroni, Serena (S); Bizzozero, Alice (A); Volpi, Elisa (E); Santalucia, Iolanda (I); Maffei, Cesare (C);
Affiliation: Faculty of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Italy. fossati.andrea(-atsign-)hsr.it
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Evaluation Studies; Journal Article
Journal: Psychological assessment (Psychol Assess), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2009-Mar; vol 21 (issue 1) : pp 131-5
Dates: Created 2009/03/17; Completed 2009/05/28;
PMID: 19290773, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 5/28/2009, IMS Date: 28 May 2009 00:00:00)
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