Refining the architecture of aggression: A measurement model for the Buss-Perry aggression questionnaire
Refining the architecture of aggression: A measurement model for the Buss-Perry aggression questionnaire
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DOI：
10.1006/jrpe.2000.2302
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发表时间：
2001-06-01
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3.3
通讯作者：
Smith, BD
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作者：
Bryant, FB;Smith, BD
最流行的攻击性测量方法是29项自我报告攻击性问卷（AQ; Buss &佩里，1992; Buss & Warren，2000）。AQ的结构分析揭示了四个基本因素：身体攻击，言语攻击，愤怒和敌意。然而，这四个因素解释的共同方差太少（即，约80%）是一个适当的测量模型。在本研究中，我们使用验证性因素分析，总样本1154受访者比较四种替代测量模型的AQ目前使用的。重复早期的工作，这些模型都没有很好地拟合数据，最初的四因素模型在三个独立样本中的拟合优度仅为中等（GFI = .76 - .81）。为了开发更合适的测量模型，我们根据主成分分析省略了低负荷或多负荷的项目，并排除了反向评分的项目。这产生了一个12项，四因素测量模型，具有可接受的拟合优度（GFI = .93）。二次分析两个独立的数据集：证实了改进的模型的普遍性为英国（阿彻，霍洛威，和麦克劳林，1995年; GFI = 0.93）和加拿大（哈里斯，1995年：GFI = 0.94）样本。在所有三个样本中，改进的模型产生了男性和女性的等效因子结构。我们还在另外两个美国样本中复制了改进的四因素模型，他们完成了一个新的简短形式的AQ，仅包含随机顺序的12个项目的子集。额外的分析提供了证据支持模型的结构有效性，并证明了更强的判别有效性的精制敌对因素相比，其前身。因此，新的简短形式的AQ不仅包含的项目少于原来的一半，而且在心理测量上也更上级。(C)北京：科学出版社.
Among the most popular measures of aggression is the 29-item, self-report Aggression Questionnaire (AQ; Buss & Perry, 1992; Buss & Warren, 2000). Structural analyses of the AQ have revealed four underlying factors: Physical Aggression, Verbal Aggression, Anger, and Hostility. However, these four factors explain too little common variance (i.e., about 80%) to be an adequate measurement model. In the present study, we used confirmatory factor analysis with a total sample of 1154 respondents to compare four alternative measurement models for the AQ that are currently in use. Replicating earlier work, none of these models fit the data well, and the original four-factor model achieved only mediocre goodness-of-fit in three independent samples (GFI = .76 - .81). To develop a more appropriate measurement model, we omitted items with low loadings or multiple loadings based on principal components analysis and excluded items with reverse-scored wording. This yielded a 12-item, four-factor measurement model with acceptable goodness-of-fit (GFI = .93). Secondary analysis of two independent data sets: confirmed the refined model's generalizability for British (Archer, Holloway, & McLoughlin, 1995; GFI = .93) and Canadian (Harris, 1995: GFI = .94) samples. The refined model yielded equivalent factor structures for males and females in all three samples. We also replicated the refined four-factor model in two additional American samples, who completed a new short form of the AQ containing only the subset of 12 items in random order. Additional analyses provided evidence supporting the model's construct validity and demonstrated stronger discriminant validity fur the refined Hostility factor compared to its predecessor. The new short form of the AQ thus not only contains fewer than half as many items as the original, but also is psychometrically superior. (C) 2001 Academic Press.